Verse 19

Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
  • Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
  • Deut 19:18-19 : 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother, 19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
  • John 8:17 : 17 Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.
  • John 18:29 : 29 So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man?
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 24:2-9 : 2 And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation, 3 In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix. 4 But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement. 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes: 6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took, 7 [] 8 And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him. 9 And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so. 10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer: 11 Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship; 12 And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town: 13 And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: