Examination of Conscience for Confession

Eighth Commandment Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor:

Have I been guilty of lying, perjury, frauds, calumny, back biting or back stabbing whether public and private, etc.?	How often?
Have I told malicious falsehoods?	How often?
Have told lies for unjust or bad ends?	How often?
Have I told lies against character, honor or the good name of another, especially if told publicly?	How often?
Have I taken pleasure in or given ear to gossip and calumny when told by others; have I encourage it or failed to hinder it when I was able?	How often?
Have I revealed secrets?	How often?
Have I published discreditable secrets about others, even if true?	How often?
Have I refused or delayed to restore the good name I have blackened?	How often?
Have I slandered or detracted, and encouraged these in others?	How often?
Have I made baseless accusations, groundless suspicions, rash judgments of others, in my own mind?	How       often?

**(Here also judges, lawyers, solicitors etc. aught to examine themselves, of what injustice they may have been guilty in managing cases etc, as well as accusers, witnesses etc.)

Index

1st Commandments	2nd Commandments	3rd Commandments	4th Commandments
5th Commandments	6th & 9th Commandments	7th and 10th Commandments	8th Commandments

The Seven Deadly Sins etc.

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