112. What does the ninth Commandment require?
That I bear false witness against no one,[1] twist no one's words,[2] be no backbiter or slanderer,[3] join in condemning no one unheard or rashly;[4] but that on pain of God's heavy wrath, I avoid all lying and deceit[5] as the very works of the devil;[6] and that in Mters of judgment and justice and in all other affairs, I love, speak honestly, and confess the truth;[7] also, insofar as I can, defend and promote my neighbor's good name.[8]
[1]Prov. 19:5, 9. [2]Ps. 15:3. [3]Rom. 1:28-30. [4]Mt. 7:1-2. Lk. 6:37. [5]Jn. 8:44. [6]Prov. 12:22; 13:5. [7]I Cor. 13:6; Eph. 4:25. [8]I Pet. 4:8; *Jn. 7:24, 51; *I Pet. 2:21, 23; *Col. 4:6; *I Pet 3:9.
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