Deuteronomy 19:16
If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
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- Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
- Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
- Exod 23:1-7 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] : 3 neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release [it] with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 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. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 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.
- Mark 14:55-59 : 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not. 56 For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together. 57 And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands. 59 And not even so did their witness agree together.
- Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
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15 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.
- Deut 19:17-193 verses84%
17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
19 then 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.
- Exod 23:1-22 verses78%
1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :
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5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
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5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
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17 He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.
- Deut 17:6-72 verses77%
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.
7 The 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.
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11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
- Mark 14:56-572 verses76%
56 For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.
57 And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
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16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
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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.
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19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.
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18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
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25 A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies [causeth] deceit.
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28 A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
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1 If 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;
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,
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28 A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
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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.
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20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
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2 If 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,
3 or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein;
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15 Yea, we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
- Exod 23:6-72 verses70%
6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
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12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
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31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;
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22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;
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31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
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9 If 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.
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17 Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
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19 Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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1 And 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.
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6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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21 that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
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8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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2 If 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,
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13 It shall turn out unto you for a testimony.
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13 If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.