Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
LORD’S DAY 43
112. What does the ninth commandment require?
That I bear false witness against no one,1Proverbs 19:5,9 twist no one’s words,2Psalm 15:3 be no backbiter or slanderer,3Romans 1:28-30 join in condemning no one unheard or rashly;4Matthew 7:1-2; Luke 6:37 but that on pain of God’s heavy wrath, I avoid all lying and deceit5John 8:44 as the very works of the devil;6Proverbs 12:22; 13:5 and that in matters of judgment and justice and in all other affairs, I love, speak honestly, and confess the truth;71 Corinthians 13:6; Ephesians 4:25 also, in so far as I can, defend and promote my neighbor’s good name.81 Peter 4:8; John 7:24,51; 1 Peter 2:21,23; Colossians 4:6; 1 Peter 3:9