Date: Mar. 14, 2024
Question
What does the ninth commandment require?
Answer
The ninth commandment requires us to tell the truth and to maintain and promote it and our own and others' reputations, especially when testifying.
Reference Passages
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
A faithful witness does not lie,
but a false witness breathes out lies.
A truthful witness saves lives,
but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.