exodus 20:16 you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
the punishment for bearing false witness was equitable - exactly so - if someone was found to have given false testimony they would be punished with the same penalty - so if you falsely accused someone of murder you would receive the death penalty!
we don't live in a theocracy like the israelites did - so there's no death penalty - but God still meets out discipline today - just spiritually so
so be careful what tales you tell - what gossip you carry - what insinuations you insinuate - what half-truths you share
read this story - it's an interesting one about false witness - one most people have never read http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2021:1-25&version=NIV
the punishment for bearing false witness was equitable - exactly so - if someone was found to have given false testimony they would be punished with the same penalty - so if you falsely accused someone of murder you would receive the death penalty!
we don't live in a theocracy like the israelites did - so there's no death penalty - but God still meets out discipline today - just spiritually so
so be careful what tales you tell - what gossip you carry - what insinuations you insinuate - what half-truths you share
read this story - it's an interesting one about false witness - one most people have never read http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2021:1-25&version=NIV
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