Prov. XXIV, 28. Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause: and deceive not with thy lips.
Prov. XXV, 18. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
2. Lying Is Forbidden.
Lev. XIX, 11. Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Zech. VIII, 16. These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these things are that I hate, saith the Lord.
Psalm XXXIV, 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
1 Pet. III, 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.
Prov. IV, 24. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Eph. IV, 15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.