Deuteronomy 19:15

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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 the matter be established.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
  • Num 35:30 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
  • John 8:17 : 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but 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, but before two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
  • Rev 11:3-7 : 3 And I will give power 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 God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    86%

    16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

    17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

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

    19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

  • Deut 17:5-7
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    5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

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

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

  • Matt 18:15-16
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    15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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

  • 1 Tim 5:19
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    19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

  • Num 35:30
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    30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    76%

    1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine 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 decline after many to wrest judgment:

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

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

  • Exod 20:16
    74%

    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • 2 Cor 13:1
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    1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

  • John 8:17
    72%

    17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

  • Prov 19:5
    72%

    5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Prov 19:9
    70%

    9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

  • Mark 14:56-57
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    56For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

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

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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

  • Prov 12:17
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    17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

  • Matt 26:60
    69%

    60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

  • Prov 14:25
    69%

    25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

  • Lev 5:1
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    1And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

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    10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD 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, neither she be taken with the manner;

  • 1 John 5:9
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    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

  • Job 15:6
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    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, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

  • Prov 25:18
    69%

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

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    11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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    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%

    28He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

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    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Exod 22:11
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    11Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

  • Deut 25:1
    68%

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

  • Exod 22:9
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    9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

  • Deut 17:2
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    2If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

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    32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

  • Deut 16:20
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    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Deut 13:11
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    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Mark 14:59
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    59But neither so did their witness agree together.