9th Commandment (Truth)

8 passages across 3 documents address 9th Commandment (Truth). The full text of each is below.

About this doctrine

I. The Divine Hedge: The Scope, End, and Sum of the Commandment

"The design or end of this ninth commandment is the establishment and preservation of truth amongst men." [Zacharias Ursinus - Commentary on the Heidelberg]

"The purport of the commandment is, since God, who is truth, abhors falsehood, we must cultivate unfeigned truth towards each other." [John Calvin - Institutes]

"This commandment binds the tongue to its good behavior. God has set two natural fences to keep in the tongue—the teeth and lips; and this commandment is a third fence set about it, that it should not break forth into evil." [Thomas Watson - The Ten Commandments]

"The sum, therefore, will be, that we must not by calumnies and false accusations injure our neighbour's name, or by falsehood impair his fortunes; in fine, that we must not injure any one from petulance, or a love of evil-speaking." [John Calvin - Institutes]

"The head, the fountain and genus, as it were, of the virtues which are here enjoined, is truth, or rather veracity in our words, thoughts, judgments, contracts and in our doctrine." [Zacharias Ursinus - Commentary on the Heidelberg]

"The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbour's good name, especially in witness-bearing."

II. The Injunction of Truth: Veracity, Candor, and Simplicity

"The ninth commandment doth more generally require the maintaining and promoting truth between man and man." "We ought to maintain and promote truth between man and man, by speaking the very truth to and of one another, and that from the heart." [Thomas Vincent - The Shorter Catechism]

"For by truth, as it is here used, we are to understand the agreement or correspondence which our knowledge or words have with the thing of which we affirm something." "We call that speech or declaration true which harmonises and agrees with the thing itself." [Zacharias Ursinus - Commentary on the Heidelberg]

"The character of a man who shall go to heaven, is that 'he speaks the truth in his heart.'" [Thomas Watson - The Ten Commandments]

"The ninth commandment doth more particularly require, in reference unto our own and others' good name, the maintaining and promoting thereof, especially in witness-bearing." [Thomas Vincent - The Shorter Catechism]

"To this prohibition corresponds the command, that we must faithfully assist every one, as far as in us lies, in asserting the truth, for the maintenance of his good name and his estate." "The equity of this is perfectly clear. For if a good name is more precious than riches, a man, in being robbed of his good name, is no less injured than if he were robbed of his goods; while, in the latter case, false testimony is sometimes not less injurious than rapine committed by the hand." "As just interpreters of the words and the actions of other men, let us candidly maintain the honour due to them by our judgement, our ear, and our tongue." [John Calvin - Institutes]

"TRUTH or veracity is a firm purpose or choice in the will, by which we constantly embrace true thoughts and opinions, and profess and defend the same according to a sense of duty and the circumstances in which we are placed; keep contracts and promises, and avoid, both in our speech and deportment all deceitful dissembling, for the glory of God and the safety of our neighbor." "Truth comprehends liberty of speech or boldness, which is a virtue by which we profess the truth fearlessly and willingly to as great an extent as is required by the time, place and necessity of the occasion."

"CANDOR is a virtue which understands, in a proper light, things correctly and honestly spoken or done, and puts the most favorable construction upon such things as are doubtful, in as far as there are any just reasons for so doing; and does not readily entertain suspicions, or indulge in them, although there might be sufficient cause for so doing..."

"SIMPLICITY is truth in its nakedness, without any shiftings, prevarication, or quibbles; or, it is a virtue which honestly and openly speaks and does what is true, right, and understood in arts and common life."

"CONSTANCY is a virtue which does not depart from the truth in as far as it is known, and which does not change its purpose and design without a necessary and sufficient reason; but constantly says and does what is true, just and necessary."

"TACITURNITY, or a discreet observance of silence, is a virtue which keeps to itself things not known and not necessary to be told, where, when, and in as far as it is proper to do so, and at the same time avoids an immoderate use of the tongue, in uttering such things as prudence would require not to be told."

"URBANITY, being that which seasons and recommends truth and speech under every form, is the truth figuratively spoken, for the purpose of moving, exhorting, and delighting others, having a proper regard to the circumstances of the persons, time and place; or it is a facility and power of speaking the truth with a certain degree of grace, so as to teach, comfort, cheer, excite and move others without being accompanied with any unpleasantness or bitterness." [Zacharias Ursinus - Commentary on the Heidelberg]

III. The Prohibitions of Falsehood: Lying and Its Damnable Nature

"The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbour's good name." "The ninth commandment forbiddeth, as prejudicial to truth, all falsehood and lying whatsoever, whether it be lies to make mischief... or lies to make gain... or lies to make wonder... or lies to make sports... or lies to make excuse..." [Thomas Vincent - The Shorter Catechism]

"So on the other hand, falsehood, in the premises which we have laid down, is the fountain, the genus of all the vices which are here condemned." "A lie is when any one speaks, or declares by outward signs differently from what he thinks, and from what the thing itself is. To lie is to go against one's own mind and knowledge." [Zacharias Ursinus - Commentary on the Heidelberg]

"Where there is a lie in the tongue, the devil is in the heart." "Lying is a sin which does not go alone; it ushers in other sins." "Lying is a sin which unfits men for civil society. How can you converse or bargain with a man, when you cannot trust a word he says?"

IV. The Sin of Slander: Defamation and Detraction

"SLANDER. This is a sin against the ninth commandment. The scorpion carries his poison in his tail; the slanderer carries his poison in his tongue." "Slandering 'is to report things of others unjustly.' 'Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of things I don't even know about.'" "As it is a sin against this commandment to raise a false report of another, so it is to receive a false report..." "The Scripture calls slandering, smiting with the tongue. 'Come, and let us smite him with the tongue.'" "You may smite another—and never touch him. 'The tongue inflicts greater wounds than the sword.' No physician can heal the wounds of the tongue!" "The slanderer wounds three at once: he wounds him who is slandered; he wounds him to whom he reports the slander, by causing uncharitable thoughts to arise up in his mind against the party slandered; and he wounds his own soul, by reporting of another what is false." [Thomas Watson - The Ten Commandments]

"By malignant or vicious detraction, we sin against our neighbour's good name: by lying, sometimes even by casting a slur upon him, we injure him in his estate." "...the commandment extends so far as to include that scurrilous affected urbanity, instinct with invective, by which the failings of others, under an appearance of sportiveness, are bitterly assailed, as some are wont to do, who court the praise of wit, though it should call forth a blush, or inflict a bitter pang." "...eagerness to listen to slander, and an unbecoming proneness to censorious judgements are here forbidden. It were absurd to suppose that God hates the disease of evil-speaking in the tongue, and yet disapproves not of its malignity in the mind." [John Calvin - Institutes]

"You may kill a man in his name as well as in his person. Some are reluctant to take away their neighbor's goods—conscience would fly in their face; but better take away their corn out of their field, their wares out of their shop—than take away their good name!" "The heathen, by the light of nature, abhorred the sin of slandering. Diogenes used to say, 'Of all wild beasts, a slanderer is the worst.'" [Thomas Watson - The Ten Commandments]

V. Bearing False Witness: Perversion of Justice and Perjury

"The ninth commandment doth forbid, as injurious unto the good name of our neighbour— 1. Perjury, or false swearing and false accusations, or anywise bearing false witness ourselves, or suborning others to bear false witness against our neighbour." [Thomas Vincent - The Shorter Catechism]

"There is a twofold bearing false witness: 1. Bearing false witness for another... 2. It is bearing false witness against another, when we accuse him in open court falsely. This is to imitate the devil, who is the 'accuser of the brethren.'" "A false witness perverts all justice. He corrupts the judge by making him pronounce a wrong sentence, and causes the innocent to suffer."

VI. Vindications and Practical Remedies: Sanctified Responses to Reproach

"Let all take heed of breaking this commandment, by lying, slandering, and bearing false witness. To avoid these sins get the fear of God." "Let those whose lot it is, to be slandered and falsely accused— Labor to make a sanctified use of it." "If you are slandered, or falsely accused—but know your own innocence, be not too much troubled; let your rejoicing be the witness of your conscience... 'He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light.'" [Thomas Watson - The Ten Commandments]

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Heidelberg Catechism

Question 92

Q. What is God's law?

A. God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. I. You shall have no other gods before me. II. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. III. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. IV. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work— you, your son or your daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it. V. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you. VI. You shall not murder. VII. You shall not commit adultery. VIII. You shall not steal. IX. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. X. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female servant, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Scripture proofs

Ex. 20:1–17; Deut. 5:6–21.
Ex. 20:1–17 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I [am] YHWH your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You shall have no other gods before My face. 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them; for I, YHWH your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons on the third and on the fourth for those who hate Me, 6 and showing loving devotion to thousands for those who love Me and for those who keep My commandments. 7 You shall not take the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless him who takes His name in vain. 8 Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it. 9 Six days you shall labor and you shall do all your work, 10 and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your maidservant, and your livestock, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates. 11 For [in] six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them; and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land that YHWH your God is giving to you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not answer against your neighbor [as] a false witness. 17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Deut. 5:6–21 6 “I [am] YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 You shall have no other gods before Me. 8 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness that [is] in the heavens above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water beneath the earth. 9 You shall not bow down to them and you shall not serve them, for I, YHWH your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and on the third and fourth of those hating Me, 10 and showing loving devotion to thousands, to those loving Me and keeping My commandments. 11 You shall not lift up the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless him who lifts up His name in vain. 12 Observe the day of the Sabbath, to keep it holy, as YHWH your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 and the seventh day [is] the Sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work—you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and your ox, and your donkey, and any of your cattle, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates—that your manservant and your maidservant may rest like you. 15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Upon thus YHWH your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, that it may be well with you in the land that YHWH your God is giving to you. 17 You shall not murder. 18 And you shall not commit adultery. 19 And you shall not steal. 20 And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 21 And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not covet the house of your neighbor, his field, and his manservant, and his maidservant, his ox, and his donkey, and anything that [is] unto your neighbor.”

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Heidelberg Catechism

Question 112

Q. What is God's will for you in the ninth commandment?

A. That I never give false testimony against anyone, twist no one's words, not gossip or slander, nor join in condemning anyone rashly or without a hearing. Rather, I should avoid, under penalty of God's wrath, every kind of lying and deceit as the very works of the devil; and, in court and everywhere else, I should love the truth, speak it candidly, and openly acknowledge it. And I should do what I can to defend and advance my neighbor's honor and reputation.

Scripture proofs

Ps. 15; Prov. 19:5; Matt. 7:1; Luke 6:37; Rom. 1:28–32.
Prov. 19:5 A witness of falsehoods will not be acquitted, and the one breathing out lies will not escape.
Matt. 7:1 “Do not judge, that you⁺ may not be judged.
Luke 6:37 And do not judge, and you⁺ shall not be judged; and do not condemn, and you⁺ shall not be condemned; release, and you⁺ will be released.
Rom. 1:28–32 28 And just as they did not see fit to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up to an unfit mind, to do the [things] not being proper; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; gossips, 30 slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boasters; inventors of evil, disobedient to parents; 31 unintelligent, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 who, having known the righteous decree of God that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only are doing them, but also agree with those practicing [them].
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Lev. 19:11–12; Prov. 12:22; 13:5; John 8:44; Rev. 21:8a.
Lev. 19:11–12 11 You⁺ shall not steal, and you⁺ shall not deal falsely, and you⁺ shall not lie—a man to his neighbor. 12 And you⁺ shall not swear by My name to a lie and so profane the name of your God. I [am] YHWH.
Prov. 12:22 An abomination to YHWH [are] lips of falsehood, and those acting [in] truth [are] His delight.
13:5 A righteous one hates a word of falsehood, and a wicked one causes stench and shame.
John 8:44 You⁺ are of [your] father the devil, and you⁺ want to do the desires of your⁺ father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he may speak falsehood, he speaks from [his] own, because he is a liar and the father of it.
Rev. 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part [is] in the lake burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
1 Cor. 13:6; Eph. 4:25.
1 Cor. 13:6 It does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but it rejoices with the truth.
Eph. 4:25 Therefore, having put off falsehood, let each one speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
1 Peter 3:8–9; 4:8.
1 Peter 3:8–9 8 Now the end: All [be] single-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble, 9 not giving back evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary blessing, because to this you⁺ were called, so that you⁺ should inherit a blessing.
4:8 before all things having fervent love among yourselves because love covers a multitude of sins,

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Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 76

Q. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Scripture proofs

Ex. 20:16; Deut. 5:20.
Ex. 20:16 You shall not answer against your neighbor [as] a false witness.
Deut. 5:20 And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 77

Q. What is required in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor's good name, especially in witness bearing.

Scripture proofs

Zech. 8:16; Acts 25:10; 3 John 12.
Zech. 8:16 These [are] the things that you⁺ will do: Speak the truth, every man with his neighbor; [in] truth and judgment of peace render judgment in your⁺ gates;
Acts 25:10 And Paul said, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where it is necessary for me to be judged. I did nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
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Prov. 14:5, 25.
Prov. 14:5, 25 5 A witness of faithfulness does not lie, and a witness of deception breathes out lies. 25 A witness of truth is delivering souls, and one who breathes out lies [is] deceitful.

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Question 78

Q. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbor's, good name.

Scripture proofs

Lev. 19:16; Ps. 15:3; Prov. 6:16–19; Luke 3:14.
Lev. 19:16 You shall not go about [as] a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I [am] YHWH.
Ps. 15:3 He does not have slander upon his tongue, and he has not done evil to his neighbor, and a reproach he has not taken up against his neighbor.
Prov. 6:16–19 16 These six [things] YHWH hates, and seven [are] an abomination to His soul: 17 Eyes raised high, a tongue of falsehood, and hands pouring out innocent blood, 18 a heart devising plans of iniquity, feet hurrying to run toward evil, 19 one breathing out lies, a witness of falsehood, and one sending forth contentions between brothers.
Luke 3:14 And those being soldiers were also questioning him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Extort no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your⁺ wages.”

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Westminster Larger Catechism

Question 143

Q. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Scripture proofs

Ex. 20:16. (Cf. Deut. 5:20.)
Ex. 20:16 You shall not answer against your neighbor [as] a false witness.
Deut. 5:20 And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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Westminster Larger Catechism

Question 144

Q. What are the duties required in the ninth commandment?

A. The duties required in the ninth commandment are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man, and the good name of our neighbor, as well as our own; appearing and standing for the truth; and from the heart, sincerely, freely, clearly, and fully, speaking the truth, and only the truth, in matters of judgment and justice, and in all other things whatsoever; a charitable esteem of our neighbors; loving, desiring, and rejoicing in their good name; sorrowing for, and covering of their infirmities; freely acknowledging of their gifts and graces, defending their innocency; a ready receiving of a good report, and unwillingness to admit of an evil report, concerning them; discouraging talebearers, flatterers, and slanderers; love and care of our own good name, and defending it when need requireth; keeping of lawful promises; studying and practicing of whatsoever things are true, honest, lovely, and of good report.

Scripture proofs

Zech. 8:16; Eph. 4:25.
Zech. 8:16 These [are] the things that you⁺ will do: Speak the truth, every man with his neighbor; [in] truth and judgment of peace render judgment in your⁺ gates;
Eph. 4:25 Therefore, having put off falsehood, let each one speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
3 John 12.
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Prov. 31:8–9.
Prov. 31:8–9 8 Open your mouth for a mute one, for the cause of all the sons of destitution. 9 Open your mouth, judge with righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor one and needy one.
Ps. 15:2.
Ps. 15:2 The one walking blamelessly, and doing righteousness, and speaking truth in his heart.
2 Chron. 19:9.
2 Chron. 19:9 And he commanded them, saying, “Thus you⁺ shall do in the fear of YHWH, in faithfulness, and with a perfect heart.
1 Sam. 19:4–5.
1 Sam. 19:4–5 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good toward you. 5 For he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and YHWH brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw [it] and rejoiced; and why would you sin against innocent blood to kill David for nothing?”
Josh. 7:19 (see vv. 15–20).
Josh. 7:19 And Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give, please, glory to YHWH, God of Israel, and make to Him confession and tell now me what you have done. Do not hide [it] from me.”
2 Sam. 14:18 (see vv. 19–20); Acts 20:27.
2 Sam. 14:18 And the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I am asking you.” And the woman said, “Please let my lord the king speak.”
Acts 20:27 For I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you⁺ the whole counsel of God.
Lev. 19:15; Prov. 14:5, 25.
Lev. 19:15 You⁺ shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not lift up the face of the poor, and you shall not honor the face of the great; in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
Prov. 14:5, 25 5 A witness of faithfulness does not lie, and a witness of deception breathes out lies. 25 A witness of truth is delivering souls, and one who breathes out lies [is] deceitful.
2 Cor. 1:17–18; Eph. 4:25. (See Col. 3:9.)
2 Cor. 1:17–18 17 Therefore, purposing this, then, did I use lightness? Or do I purpose what I purpose according to flesh, so that with me it may be “Yes, yes” and “No, no”? 18 But faithful [is] God, that our word to you⁺ is not “Yes” and “No.”
Eph. 4:25 Therefore, having put off falsehood, let each one speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
Col. 3:9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his practices,
Heb. 6:9; 1 Cor. 13:7.
Heb. 6:9 But even if we speak thus. beloved, we are persuaded of better [things] concerning you⁺, and [things] belonging to salvation.
1 Cor. 13:7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Rom. 1:8; 2 John 4; 3 John 3–4.
Rom. 1:8 First indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you⁺, because your⁺ faith is being proclaimed in all the world.
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2 Cor. 2:4; 2 Cor. 12:21. (See Ps. 119:158.)
2 Cor. 2:4 For out of much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you⁺ through many tears, not that you⁺ might be grieved, but that you⁺ might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you⁺.
2 Cor. 12:21 lest [on] my having come again, my God should humble me as to you⁺, and I should mourn many of those having before sinned and not having repented of the impurity and sexual immorality and sensuality that they have practiced.
Ps. 119:158 I have seen those acting treacherously, and I felt loathing, because they have not kept Your word.
Prov. 17:9; 1 Peter 4:8.
Prov. 17:9 The one covering a transgression is seeking love, and one repeating a word is separating a close friend.
1 Peter 4:8 before all things having fervent love among yourselves because love covers a multitude of sins,
1 Cor. 1:4–5, 7. (See 2 Tim. 1:4–5.)
1 Cor. 1:4–5, 7 4 I thank my God always concerning you⁺ for the grace of God having been given to you⁺ in Christ Jesus, 5 that in everything you⁺ were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, 7 so as for you⁺ not to be lacking in [any] gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Tim. 1:4–5 4 longing to see you, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, 5 having taken remembrance of the unfeigned faith in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that [it is] in you also.
1 Sam. 22:14.
1 Sam. 22:14 And Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, and son-in-law of the king, and has turned aside at your council, and is honorable in your house?
1 Cor. 13:6–7.
1 Cor. 13:6–7 6 It does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but it rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Ps. 15:3.
Ps. 15:3 He does not have slander upon his tongue, and he has not done evil to his neighbor, and a reproach he has not taken up against his neighbor.
Prov. 25:23.
Prov. 25:23 A north wind twists out rain, and a secret tongue [brings] faces of indignanation.
Prov. 26:24–25.
Prov. 26:24–25 24 With his lips the one hating disguises [it], and within himself he places deceit. 25 When his voice is favorable, you should not trust in him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.
Ps. 101:5.
Ps. 101:5 The one slandering his neighbor in secret, I will put an end [to] him; the high of eyes and proud of heart—him I will not endure.
Prov. 22:1; John 8:49. (See 2 Cor. 11:1–12:13.)
Prov. 22:1 A name to be chosen [is] greater than wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.
John 8:49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you⁺ dishonor Me.
2 Cor. 11:1–12:13 1 I wish you⁺ were bearing with me in a little foolishness, but you⁺ also bear with me. 13 For [in] what is it that you⁺ were inferior beyond the rest [of] the churches, except that I myself did not burden you⁺? Forgive me this wrong!
Ps. 15:4.
Ps. 15:4 A rejected one is despised in his eyes, and those fearful of YHWH he honors—one [who] swears to endure evil, and not changing.
Phil. 4:8.
Phil. 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever [is] honorable, whatever [is] right, whatever [is] pure, whatever [is] lovely, whatever [is] well spoken of—if any excellence and if any praise—think on these things.

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Question 145

Q. What are the sins forbidden in the ninth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the ninth commandment are, all prejudicing the truth, and the good name of our neighbors, as well as our own, especially in public judicature; giving false evidence, suborning false witnesses, wittingly appearing and pleading for an evil cause, outfacing and overbearing the truth; passing unjust sentence, calling evil good, and good evil; rewarding the wicked according to the work of the righteous, and the righteous according to the work of the wicked; forgery, concealing the truth, undue silence in a just cause, and holding our peace when iniquity calleth for either a reproof from ourselves, or complaint to others; speaking the truth unseasonably, or maliciously to a wrong end, or perverting it to a wrong meaning, or in doubtful and equivocal expressions, to the prejudice of truth or justice; speaking untruth, lying, slandering, backbiting, detracting, talebearing, whispering, scoffing, reviling, rash, harsh, and partial censuring; misconstructing intentions, words, and actions; flattering, vainglorious boasting; thinking or speaking too highly or too meanly of ourselves or others; denying the gifts and graces of God; aggravating smaller faults; hiding, excusing, or extenuating of sins, when called to a free confession; unnecessary discovering of infirmities; raising false rumors, receiving and countenancing evil reports, and stopping our ears against just defense; evil suspicion; envying or grieving at the deserved credit of any, endeavoring or desiring to impair it, rejoicing in their disgrace and infamy; scornful contempt, fond admiration; breach of lawful promises; neglecting such things as are of good report, and practicing, or not avoiding ourselves, or not hindering what we can in others, such things as procure an ill name.

Scripture proofs

Luke 3:14. (See 1 Sam. 17:28; 2 Sam. 16:3; 1:9–10, 15–16.)
Luke 3:14 And those being soldiers were also questioning him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Extort no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your⁺ wages.”
1 Sam. 17:28 And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men, and the anger of Eliab was kindled against David, and he said, “Why [is] this [that] you came down, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for in order you have come down to see the battle.”
2 Sam. 16:3 And the king said, “And where [is] the son of your master?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
1:9–10, 15–16 9 And he said to me, ‘Stand, please, over me and kill me, for the anguish has seized me, but all my life [is] in me still.’ 10 And I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the diadem that [was] on his head and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and have brought them to my lord here.” 15 And David called one of the young men and said, “Go near [and] fall upon him.” And he struck him, and he died. 16 And David said to him, “Your blood [is] on your own head. For your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the anointed of YHWH.’”
Lev. 19:15. (See Hab. 1:4.)
Lev. 19:15 You⁺ shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not lift up the face of the poor, and you shall not honor the face of the great; in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
Hab. 1:4 Over this, the law is numb, and justice does not go forth forever. For the wicked are surrounding the righteous. Upon thus, twisted justice goes forth.
Prov. 19:5. (See Prov. 6:16, 19.)
Prov. 19:5 A witness of falsehoods will not be acquitted, and the one breathing out lies will not escape.
Prov. 6:16, 19 16 These six [things] YHWH hates, and seven [are] an abomination to His soul: 19 one breathing out lies, a witness of falsehood, and one sending forth contentions between brothers.
Acts 6:13.
Acts 6:13 And they set up false witnesses, saying, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.
Jer. 9:3, 5; Ps. 12:3–4. (See Acts 24:2, 5; Ps. 52:1–4.)
Jer. 9:3, 5 3 “And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [in] deception, and they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me!” A declaration of YHWH. 5 And each man will deceive his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak deception, and they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Ps. 12:3–4 3 May YHWH cut off all lips of flattery, a tongue speaking great [things]— 4 those who have said, “By our tongues we will prevail; our lips [are] with us; who [is] lord over us?”
Acts 24:2, 5 2 And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, “Attaining great peace through you, and excellent measures being done to this nation through your foresight, 5 For having found this man a pestilence and stirring dissension among all the Jews in the world—also a leader of the sect of the Nazarenes—
Ps. 52:1–4 1 For the one directing. A Maskil of David, in the coming of Doeg the Edomite, when he announced to Saul and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God [is] all the day. 2 Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor working deceit. 3 You love evil more than good, lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah 4 You love all devouring words, O tongue of deceit!
Prov. 17:15. (See 1 Kings 21:9–14.)
Prov. 17:15 One justifying the wicked, and condemning the just—even the two of them [are] an abomination to YHWH.
1 Kings 21:9–14 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth with high honor among the people. 10 And seat two men, sons of worthlessness, before him to bear witness against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ And take him out and stone him, that he may die.” 11 And the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were dwellers of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it [was] written in the letters that she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth with high honor among the people. 13 And two men, the sons of worthlessness, came in and sat before him. And the men of worthlessness witnessed against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” And they took him outside of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died. 14 And they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and he is dead.”
Isa. 5:23.
Isa. 5:23 those declaring right the wicked for a bribe, and justice for the righteous ones they turn aside from him.
1 Kings 21:8.
1 Kings 21:8 And she wrote letters in the name of Ahab and sealed [them] with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who [were] dwelling in the city with Naboth.
Lev. 5:1; Acts 5:3 (see vv. 8–9). (See also Deut. 13:8; 2 Tim. 4:16.)
Lev. 5:1 “And if a soul sins and hears the voice of an oath, and he [is] a witness, whether he has seen or he has known, if he does not tell, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why did Satan fill your heart [for] you to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back from the proceeds of the land?
Deut. 13:8 you shall not consent to him nor listen to him. Nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor conceal him,
2 Tim. 4:16 In my first defense, no one came beside me, but all deserted me. May it not be reckoned to them!
1 Kings 1:6; Lev. 19:17.
1 Kings 1:6 (And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” And He [was] also very good in form, and she had borne him after Absalom.)
Lev. 19:17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor and you shall not you shall not lift up upon him sin.
Isa. 59:4.
Isa. 59:4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case in truth, trusting in emptiness, and speaking vanity, conceiving trouble, and birthing iniquity.
Prov. 29:11.
Prov. 29:11 A fool brings out all his spirit, and a wise one soothes it backward.
1 Sam. 22:9–10; Ps. 52:1–5.
1 Sam. 22:9–10 9 And answered Doeg the Edomite, and he was set over the servants of Saul, and he said, “I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired for him of YHWH, and he gave provisions to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine he gave to him.”
Ps. 52:1–5 1 For the one directing. A Maskil of David, in the coming of Doeg the Edomite, when he announced to Saul and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God [is] all the day. 2 Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor working deceit. 3 You love evil more than good, lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah 4 You love all devouring words, O tongue of deceit! 5 Even God will tear you down forever; He will take you up and pluck you out of the tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Ps. 56:5; Matt. 26:60–61. (See John 2:19.)
Ps. 56:5 All the day they wrest my words; their thoughts [are] all for evil against me.
Matt. 26:60–61 60 But they did not find [any], of many false witnesses having come forward. And at last, two having come forward, 61 they said, “This [man] has been saying, ‘I am able to demolish the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Gen. 3:5. (See Gen. 26:7, 9.)
Gen. 3:5 For God knows that in the day of your⁺ eating from it, your⁺ eyes will be opened and you⁺ will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Gen. 26:7, 9 7 And the men of that place asked about his wife, and he said, “She [is] my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “[She is] my wife,” lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, because she [is] beautiful of appearance. 9 And Abimelech called to Isaac and said, “Surely behold, she [is] your wife! And how did you say, ‘She [is] my sister?’” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘lest I die on account of her.’”
Isa. 59:13.
Isa. 59:13 Breaking faith and being false with YHWH, and removing ourselves from following our God; speaking [words of] oppression and revolt, conceiving and musing from the heart words of deception.
Col. 3:9. (See Lev. 19:11.)
Col. 3:9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his practices,
Lev. 19:11 You⁺ shall not steal, and you⁺ shall not deal falsely, and you⁺ shall not lie—a man to his neighbor.
Ps. 50:20.
Ps. 50:20 You sit against your brother and speak; against the son of your mother you place fault.
Ps. 15:3.
Ps. 15:3 He does not have slander upon his tongue, and he has not done evil to his neighbor, and a reproach he has not taken up against his neighbor.
James 4:11. (See Jer. 38:4.)
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one speaking against a brother or judging his brother speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Jer. 38:4 And the princes said to the king, “Please, let this man be put to death, for by this he is weakening the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them these words. For this man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but only the harm.
Lev. 19:16.
Lev. 19:16 You shall not go about [as] a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I [am] YHWH.
Rom. 1:29–30.
Rom. 1:29–30 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; gossips, 30 slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boasters; inventors of evil, disobedient to parents;
Gen. 21:9; Gal. 4:29.
Gen. 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [her son].
Gal. 4:29 But just as then the one having been born according to flesh was persecuting the one [born] according to the Spirit, so also [it is] now.
1 Cor. 6:10.
1 Cor. 6:10 nor thieves, nor coveters, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Matt. 7:1.
Matt. 7:1 “Do not judge, that you⁺ may not be judged.
Acts 28:4. (See James 2:13.)
Acts 28:4 And when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they began to say to one another, “By all means this man is a murderer whom, having been saved from the sea, Dike did not permit to live.”
James 2:13 For judgment without mercy [will be] to the one not having done mercy. Mercy exults over judgment.
Gen. 38:24; Rom. 2:1.
Gen. 38:24 And it came to pass about three months [later], that it was told to Judah, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the prostitute, and also behold, she [is] pregnant by prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned.”
Rom. 2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one who is judging. For in that which you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, for you, the one judging, practice the same things.
Rom. 3:8; Ps. 69:10. (See Neh. 6:6–8; 1 Sam. 1:13–15; 2 Sam. 10:3.)
Rom. 3:8 And [is it] not, as we are slandered and as some affirm us to say, “Let us do evil so that the good may come”? Their judgment is just.
Ps. 69:10 I even wept in the fasting of my soul, and it was for a reproach to me.
Neh. 6:6–8 6 written in it: “Among the nations it is reported, and Gashmu says, [that] you and the Jews plan to rebel; upon thus you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king, according to these words. 7 And also you have appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘[There is] a king in Judah!’ And these words will be reported to the king; and now come and let us counsel together.” 8 And I sent to him, saying, “These things are not being done as you say, but you are inventing them in your own heart.”
1 Sam. 1:13–15 13 And Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. And Eli thought [she was] drunk. 14 And Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you.” 15 And Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I [am] a woman oppressed in spirit; and I have not drunk any wine or strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the face of YHWH.
2 Sam. 10:3 And the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Is David honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent to you comforters? Is [it] not for the purpose of searching out the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”
Ps. 12:2–3.
Ps. 12:2–3 2 Vanity they speak, each man with his neighbor; [with] lips of flattery with a double heart they speak. 3 May YHWH cut off all lips of flattery, a tongue speaking great [things]—
2 Tim. 3:2.
2 Tim. 3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, verbally abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Luke 18:9, 11; Acts 12:22; Ex. 4:10–14. (See Rom. 12:16; Gal. 5:26; 1 Cor. 4:6.)
Luke 18:9, 11 9 And He also spoke this parable to some trusting in themselves that they are righteous, and despising others: 11 The Pharisee, having stood, was praying toward himself thus: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of the men—swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Acts 12:22 And the people were crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
Ex. 4:10–14 10 And Moses said to YHWH, “Please, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, neither from yesterday nor from the day before yesterday nor from the time You have spoken to Your servant. For I [am] slow of mouth and slow of tongue.” 11 And YHWH said to him, “Who has made a mouth for the man? Or who makes mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is [it] not I, YHWH? 12 And now go, and I—I will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you shall say.” 13 And he said, “Please, my Lord, send, please, by the hand [of another] whom You send.” 14 And the anger of YHWH burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he surely speaks. And also, behold, he is coming out to meet you, and he will see you, and he will be glad in his heart.
Rom. 12:16 minding the same thing toward one another, not minding the high [things], but going along with the lowly. Do not be wise in yourselves,
Gal. 5:26 We should not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
1 Cor. 4:6 Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and Apollos on account of you⁺, so that in us you⁺ may learn, “Not beyond what has been written,” so that not one [of] you⁺ may be puffed up over one against the other.
Luke 9:49–50; 2 Cor. 10:10; Acts 2:13. (See Job 27:5–6; 4:6.)
Luke 9:49–50 49 And answering, John said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we were forbidding him because he does not follow with us.” 50 And Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid [it]; for whoever is not against you⁺ is for you⁺.”
2 Cor. 10:10 For they say, “The letters indeed [are] weighty and strong, but the presence of the body [is] weak, and the word is of no account.”
Acts 2:13 But others, mocking, were saying, “They are full of new wine!”
Job 27:5–6 5 Far be it from me that I justify you⁺; until I die, I will not turn aside my integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and I will not let go; my heart shall not reproach [me] in my days.
4:6 Is not your fear your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
Matt. 7:3–5.
Matt. 7:3–5 3 And why do you look at the splinter that [is] in the eye of your brother, but not notice the beam in your [own] eye? 4 Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Permit that I might cast out the splinter from your eye,’ and behold, the beam [is] in your eye? 5 Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter from the eye of your brother.
Prov. 28:13; Gen. 3:12–13. (See Prov. 30:20; Jer. 2:35; 2 Kings 5:25; Gen. 4:9.)
Prov. 28:13 One covering his transgressions will not prosper, and one confessing and forsaking [them] will find mercy.
Gen. 3:12–13 12 And the man said, “The woman whom You gave [to be] with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.” 13 And YHWH God said to the woman, “What [is] this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Prov. 30:20 This [is] the way of a woman committing adultery: She eats and has wiped her mouth and has said, ‘I have not done wickedness.’
Jer. 2:35 you also say ‘Because I am innocent, surely His anger has turned away from me.’ Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
2 Kings 5:25 And he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “From where, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go where and where.”
Gen. 4:9 And YHWH said to Cain, “Where [is] Abel your brother?” And He said, “I do not know. [Am] I my brother’s keeper?”
Prov. 25:9–10. (See Gen. 9:22.)
Prov. 25:9–10 9 Dispute your cause with your neighbor, and do not uncover the secret to another, 10 lest the one hearing [it] should bring shame to you, and your defamation shall not turn back.
Gen. 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.
Ex. 23:1.
Ex. 23:1 “You shall not lift up a vain report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be a violent witness.
Prov. 29:12. (See Ps. 41:7–8.)
Prov. 29:12 One ruling listening to words of deception, all his ministers [are] wicked.
Ps. 41:7–8 7 All those hating me, they whisper together against me; against me they devise evil to me: 8 “Let a thing of destruction be poured into him, and [he] who lies down shall not rise up again.”
Acts 7:56–57; Job 31:13–14.
Acts 7:56–57 56 and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens having been opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 And having cried out in a loud voice, they held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,
Job 31:13–14 13 If I have rejected the justice of my manservant or my maidservant, in their dispute with me, 14 then what shall I do when God arises? And when He inspects, how shall I answer him?
1 Cor. 13:5. (See 1 Tim. 6:4.)
1 Cor. 13:5 It does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own [things], it is not provoked, it keeps no reckoning of evil.
1 Tim. 6:4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but diseased about controversies and fights about words, out of which come envy, strife, slander, evil suspicions,
Matt. 21:15. (See Num. 11:29.)
Matt. 21:15 But the chief priests and the scribes, having seen the wonders that He did and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” were indignant.
Num. 11:29 And Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? If only he would make all people of YHWH prophets, [and] that YHWH would put His Spirit upon them.”
Ezra 4:12–13. (See Dan. 6:3–4.)
Ezra 4:12–13 12 be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem; the rebellious and wicked city they are building, and [its] walls they are finishing, and the foundations they are repairing. 13 Now be it known to the king that if this city is built and the walls are completed, tax, tribute, and custom they will not pay, and the treasury of the king will be diminished.
Dan. 6:3–4 3 Then this Daniel came to be distinguished over the administrators and the satraps, because that an extraordinary spirit [was] in him; and the king was planning to establish him over all of the kingdom. 4 Then the administrators and the satraps were looking for a matter to find against Daniel regarding the kingdom, and any matter or corruption they were not able to find, all because that he [was] trustworthy, and there was not found any neglect or corruption in him.
Jer. 48:27.
Jer. 48:27 For did not Israel come to be for you a laughingstock? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you shake your head about him?
Matt. 27:28–29. (See Ps. 35:15–16, 21.)
Matt. 27:28–29 28 And having stripped Him, they put a scarlet robe around Him. 29 And having twisted together a crown of thorns, they put [it] on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and having bowed the knees before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Ps. 35:15–16, 21 15 And in my stumbling, they were glad and gathered themselves together; attackers they gathered together against me, and ones I did not know, they tore and did not cease., 16 Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth. 21 And they opened wide against me their mouths; they said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen [it]!”
Jude 16; Acts 12:22.
Acts 12:22 And the people were crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
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Rom. 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3.
Rom. 1:31 unintelligent, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
2 Tim. 3:3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without control, savage, without love of good,
1 Sam. 2:24.
1 Sam. 2:24 No, my sons, for the report [is] not good that I hear spreading among the people of YHWH.
2 Sam. 13:12–13; Prov. 5:8–9; Prov. 6:33.
2 Sam. 13:12–13 12 And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for such should not be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing. 13 And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. And now speak, please, to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
Prov. 5:8–9 8 Keep your path far away from her, and do not go near to the opening of her house, 9 lest you give to others your splendor, and your years to a cruel one;
Prov. 6:33 He finds [only a stroke and shame, and his reproach is not wiped away.

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