Called as Witnesses The Ninth Commandment Leviticus 5:1 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity…” Anyone who witnesses a transgression has a duty to ...

Multiple Witnesses The Ninth Commandment Deuteronomy 19:15-21 “‘A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. If a malicious ...

Fairness and Equality The Ninth Commandment Leviticus 19:35, 36 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.” God’s ...

Truth Only The Ninth Commandment Exodus 23:2, 3 “You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.” Leviticus 19:15, 16 “You ...

False Reports The Ninth Commandment Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” False reports can take various forms. Gossip—unsubstantiated reports about others, or reports scattered in order to impugn or defame—is perhaps the most familiar form. Slander, ...

Cross-Dressing The Ninth Commandment Deuteronomy 22:5 “‘A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.’” In those days the only purpose for “cross-dressing” would have been to deceive—either to conceal one’s ...

Honesty in Marriage The Ninth Commandment Deuteronomy 22:13-21 “‘If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, “I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her ...

No Double Standards The Ninth Commandment Deuteronomy 25:13-16 “‘You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure ...

The Blinding Power of Sin The Ninth Commandment Leviticus 6:1-5 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor or has found ...

Neither Steal nor Lie The Ninth Commandment Leviticus 19:11 “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.” Colossians 3:9 In this statute we can see the interconnectedness of the Law of God, and why, if we break one of God’s Laws, we break them all. The Law ...