Date: Dec. 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
Zechariah
8:16
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;
Acts
25:10
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.
3 John
12
Proverbs
14:5
A faithful witness does not lie,
but a false witness breathes out lies.
Proverbs
14:25
A truthful witness saves lives,
but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.
