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
Latter-day Saint Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Exodus 20:16 and official study materials
Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mappings identify a strong analogue; verify exact text and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2960. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Lutheran Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Small Catechism: Eighth Commandment
Open original source ↗ files.lcms.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 2961. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Exodus 20:16 and Maimonidean mitzvah enumeration
Open original source ↗ www.sefaria.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic / Jewish
Jewish commandments may be ritual, civil, agricultural, Temple-specific, group-specific, or universally ethical; mapping does not erase those distinctions.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2962. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
World Medical Association ethical declarations
Open original source ↗ www.wma.net
Tradition-level research anchor · Professional 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 2963. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Meher Baba messages on love, sacrifice, renunciation, control, service, and truth
Open original source ↗ www.mehercenter.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, translation, historical setting, institutional authority, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2964. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Mennonite Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective
Open original source ↗ www.mennoniteusa.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, translation, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2965. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Quaker integrity testimony and truthful witness
Open original source ↗ quaker.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mappings identify a strong analogue; verify exact text and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2966. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Friends General Conference materials on peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and stewardship
Open original source ↗ www.fgcquaker.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian peace tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2967. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Amsterdam Declaration
Open original source ↗ humanists.international
Tradition-level research anchor · Modern nonreligious 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 2968. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
General Conference fundamental beliefs, official statements, and Christian behavior guidance
Open original source ↗ gc.adventist.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, translation, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2969. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Guru Granth Sahib and Sikh ethical principles
Open original source ↗ www.sikhcoalition.org
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 2970. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Society of Professional Journalists Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
SPJ Code of Ethics
Open original source ↗ www.spj.org
Official framework-level anchor · Professional journalism ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, section, context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2971. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Ten Grave Prohibition against false speech
Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com
Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2972. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Stoicism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
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 2973. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings
Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2974. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
United Methodist Social Principles and Social Creed
Open original source ↗ www.umc.org
Official framework-level 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 2975. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
United Nations Anti-Corruption Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
United Nations Convention against Corruption
Open original source ↗ www.unodc.org
Official framework-level anchor · International public integrity
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, translation, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2976. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Unity Five Principles and teachings on lived truth, spiritual worth, prayer, meditation, and equality
Open original source ↗ www.unity.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / New Thought Christian
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, institutional authority, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2977. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Tradition-level research anchor · International 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 2978. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Welfare, consequences and impartial concern
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 2979. 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