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Lord's Day 43
Question 112: What is required in the ninth commandment?
A.
That I bear false witness against no man, (a)
nor falsify any man's words; (b)
that I be no backbiter, nor slanderer; (c)
that I do not judge, nor join in condemning any man rashly,
or unheard; (d)
but that I avoid
all sorts of lies and deceit,
as the proper works of the devil, (e)
unless I would bring down upon me the heavy wrath of God; (f)
likewise,
that in judgment
and all other dealings
I love the truth,
speak it uprightly and confess it; (g)
also that I defend and promote, as much as I am able,
the horror and good character of my neighbour. (h)
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(a)
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Prov.19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall not escape.
Prov.19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall perish.
Prov.21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth
speaketh constantly.
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(b)
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Ps.15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Ps.50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Ps.50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou
slanderest thine own mother's son.
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(c)
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Rom.1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate,
deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Rom.1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters,
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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(d)
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Matt.7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matt.7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
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(e)
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John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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(f)
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Prov.12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal
truly are his delight.
Prov.13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome,
and cometh to shame.
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(g)
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1 Cor.13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Eph.4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his
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(h)
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1 Pet.4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves:
for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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