Tell the truth
Speak and act honestly rather than intentionally misleading others.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Do not bear false witness
Do not give false testimony, fabricate accusations, or knowingly misrepresent another person.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 31/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 10/41
- Represented systems
- 41/93
- Specific anchors*
- 14/41
59.6%
24.4%
44.1%
34.1%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Do not give false testimony, fabricate accusations, or knowingly misrepresent another person.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Overall %: source 43.6 · recomputed 44.086
Evidence, mapping by mapping
41 selected mappings
Ananda Marga Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Yama, Niyama, morality, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.anandamarga.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Tantric yoga tradition
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2940. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Anglican Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
The Commandments: You shall not be a false witness
Open original source ↗ www.churchofengland.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Verify the exact section and scope before quoting; framework-level mappings identify strong ethical analogues.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2941. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Nicomachean Ethics
Open original source ↗ classics.mit.edu
Tradition-level research anchor · Greco-Roman philosophy
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2942. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Bahá'í teachings
Open original source ↗ www.bahai.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Abrahamic-derived / independent
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2943. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials
Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, doctrinal or institutional authority, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2944. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Buddhism · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Right Speech: abstaining from false speech
Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2945. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Catholic Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Catechism, Eighth Commandment, §§2464-2513
Open original source ↗ www.vatican.va
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2946. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christian Science Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bible, Science and Health, and official Christian Science moral teaching
Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2947. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christianity - Biblical · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Exodus 20:16; Matthew 19:18
Open original source ↗ www.biblegateway.com
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2948. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Brethren Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Integrity of speech and biblical truthfulness
Open original source ↗ www.brethren.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2949. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Analects, Mencius and classical ethics
Open original source ↗ ctext.org
Tradition-level research anchor · East Asian
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2950. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
OCA, The Virtue of Honesty
Open original source ↗ www.oca.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2951. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
American Ethical Union principles of human worth, ethical action, and freedom of belief
Open original source ↗ aeu.org
Official framework-level anchor · Ethical religion and humanism
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2952. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras and dharma traditions
Open original source ↗ www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in
Tradition-level research anchor · Dharmic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2953. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Reciprocity, kinship, land responsibility and community continuity
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Comparative indigenous ethics
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2954. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Islam · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Qur'an 4:135; 22:30
Open original source ↗ quran.com
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2955. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Great vows, ahimsa and Jain canonical traditions
Open original source ↗ www.sacred-texts.com
Tradition-level research anchor · Dharmic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2956. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bible-based prohibition of false testimony and lying
Open original source ↗ www.jw.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2957. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Judaism · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Exodus 20:16
Open original source ↗ www.sefaria.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2958. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Groundwork and duty-based ethics
Open original source ↗ www.gutenberg.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Modern philosophy
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2959. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Do not lie
Avoid intentional falsehood, fraud, duplicity, and manipulative concealment.
Do not commit perjury
Do not make knowingly false statements under oath or solemn affirmation.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 68 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 65 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 98 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 9 |
| Religions Sharing | 31 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 59.6 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 10 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 24.4 |
| All Systems Sharing | 41 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 43.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 14 |
| Direct Evidence % | 34.1 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 40.9 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 35.2 |
Religion-weighted commonality