Deuteronomy 19:15

American Standard Version (1901)

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
  • Num 35:30 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he hear [thee] not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
  • John 8:17 : 17 Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:
  • Rev 11:3-7 : 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed. 6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two, 61 and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:16-19
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    86%

    16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

    17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

    19then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

    6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

    7The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Matt 18:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

    16But if he hear [thee] not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    79%

    19Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.

  • Num 35:30
    77%

    30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Exod 20:16
    74%

    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • 2 Cor 13:1
    74%

    1This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

  • John 8:17
    72%

    17Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.

  • Prov 19:5
    72%

    5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

  • Deut 5:20
    72%

    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Prov 19:9
    70%

    9A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

  • Mark 14:56-57
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    70%

    56For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.

    57And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

  • Matt 26:60
    69%

    60and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,

  • Prov 14:25
    69%

    25A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies [causeth] deceit.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Prov 24:28
    69%

    28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

  • Deut 19:10
    69%

    10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

  • Num 5:13
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    13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

  • Job 15:6
    69%

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Exod 22:13
    69%

    13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

  • Prov 25:18
    69%

    18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Lev 19:11
    69%

    11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

  • Exod 23:7
    68%

    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Heb 10:28
    68%

    28A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:

  • Lev 19:35
    68%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Exod 22:11
    68%

    11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • Deut 25:1
    68%

    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

  • John 3:32
    68%

    32What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,

  • Deut 16:20
    67%

    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Deut 13:11
    67%

    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

  • Prov 6:19
    67%

    19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Mark 14:59
    67%

    59And not even so did their witness agree together.