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Q. 112. What is required in the ninth commandment?
A. That I bear false witness against no man,1 nor falsify any man’s words;2 that I be no backbiter, nor slanderer;3 that I do not judge, nor join in condemning any man rashly or unheard;4 but that I avoid all sorts of lies and deceit5 as the proper works of the devil, unless I would bring down upon me the heavy wrath of God;6 likewise, that in judgment and all other dealings I love the truth, speak it uprightly, and confess it;7 also that I defend and promote, as much as I am able, the honor and good character of my neighbor.8
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Prov. 19:5, 9. Prov. 21:28.
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Psa. 15:3.
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Rom. 1:29, 30.
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Mat. 7:1ff. Luke 6:37.
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Lev. 19:11.
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Prov. 12:22. Prov. 13:5.
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1 Cor. 13:6. Eph. 4:25.
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1 Pet. 4:8.