Exodus 20:16

16 a“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

1 b“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a cmalicious witness.

1 Samuel 22:9-10

9Then answered dDoeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse ecoming to Nob, to fAhimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 gand he inquired of the Lord for him and hgave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Kings 21:9-13

9And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10And set two iworthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, j‘You have cursed
Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11And the men of his city, lthe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 mthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 14:5

5 nA faithful witness does not lie,
but oa false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 19:5

5 pA false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who qbreathes out lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

9 rA false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who sbreathes out lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:28

28 tA false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.
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