What Does the Bible Say About False Teachers?

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive”

“Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:”

“Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.”

“And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.”

“Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.”

“Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

“If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; that: or, falling away”

“Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.”

“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False: Heb. Witnesses of wrong they: Heb. they asked me”

“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul”

“He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.”

“A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.”

“The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.”

“A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.”

“It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.”

“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”

“The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.”

“An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial”

“A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. A: Heb. A witness of lies”

“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”

“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.”

“Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. every one that stealeth: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth”

“I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”

“He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,”

“Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;”

“And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.”

“And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. Do violence: or, Put no man in fear wages: or, allowance”

“Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.”

“Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.”

“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”

“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”

“And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.”

“But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.”

“For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:”

“And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.”

“While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.”

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”