THE NINTH COMMANDMENT: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Like in the case of the eighth commandment, some expositors have also here attempted to weaken the meaning; some restricting it to a false witness in the case of (supposed) murder and yet again others in the case of (supposed) adultery. It should be evident that there is a difference between crime and transgression, even in the bible. But if one would only realize that a single sin of disobedience through heeding a lie, has brought havoc on all of creation and humanity; then one avoids weakening the sense of the Word of God.
But even this commandment can be exaggerated. If one demands too much openness as to things that belong between two other people and not to a third party, or between a believer and the Lord; then one exaggerates the command for truthfulness. Romish confession is such an exaggeration for truthfulness and caused by the theory that forgiveness hails down from the pope to the local priest.

I]    When you lie against your neighbor you set aside God Who has given the two greatest commandments that sum up all true laws and virtues: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy understanding" and "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." This is the second greatest commandment of which the Lord says that it is equal to the first! Love for God EQUALS then love for one's neighbor. To love God is to love one's neighbor and vice versa. This also means that one cannot truly love one's neighbor outside of true Love for God . . .

II]   When you lie against your neighbor you set yourself up as a false god together with the purpose for which you are lying.

III]   Thus your life is filled with mockery of God's Person, Who is holy, holy, holy and in Whom there is no darkness whatsoever.

IV]   This is doing your own thing instead of finding the 'sabbathrest' for your heart and soul.

V]   This is disobedience against the celestial Parents.

VI]   It is also assassination of the Truth, Who is Christ Jesus. Do not crucify Him all over again through your actions.

VII]   It is moreover spiritual communion with the dark prince of the 'powers of the air,' satan.

VIII]   It is theft of your neighbor's right to know what is going on.

X]   And finally it is coveting a kind of privacy for yourself that in the end even will damage yourself rather than protect you. Do not fool yourself!