At its core, the ninth commandment is about curbing the damaging potential of the tongue. In prohibiting us from bearing false witness against our fellow, the Bible precludes us from the evils of defamation, slander, libel and harmful gossip.
A man or woman can be stripped of every possession save one: their good name, their most prized possession of all. It is not the hands that can do the most harm but the tongue.
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