What Is Truth?
Bearing False Witness: Truth, Love, and the Ninth Commandment Exodus 20:16 reads: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Other translations say: do not testify falsely, give false evidence, or bear false testimony. In what sort of context do we often hear this language of “testimony,” “testify,” “witness,” “evidence? A courtroom. And that is exactly what this verse is about. So here we get to our first section, immediate context....