Verb
bear false witness (third-person singular simple present bears false witness, present participle bearing false witness, simple past bore false witness, past participle borne false witness)
To give an untrue testimony; to lie despite one's oath e.g. in court.
When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness. John Lancaster Spalding
And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation. Pat Robertson