Deuteronomy 19:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
  • Exod 23:1-7 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine 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 decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance 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, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 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, 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. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and 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 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.
  • Mark 14:55-59 : 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:15
    86%

    15One 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.

  • Deut 19:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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:

  • Prov 14:5
    78%

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

  • Prov 19:5
    78%

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

  • Prov 12:17
    77%

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

  • Deut 17:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 35:11
    77%

    11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Prov 19:9
    76%

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

  • Matt 18:16
    75%

    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
    75%

    19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

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

  • Prov 6:19
    75%

    19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Prov 14:25
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    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.

  • Matt 26:59-60
    2 verses
    73%

    59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

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

  • Prov 21:28
    73%

    28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

  • Num 35:30
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Prov 24:28
    71%

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

  • Lev 6:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    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;

    3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    70%

    15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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

  • Acts 6:13
    70%

    13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  • Ps 27:12
    69%

    12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    69%

    31If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    69%

    22If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

  • John 5:31
    69%

    31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    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.

  • John 8:17
    69%

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

  • Deut 16:19
    69%

    19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    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.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 18:5
    68%

    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Isa 29:21
    68%

    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • Job 17:8
    68%

    8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    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,

  • Luke 21:13
    68%

    13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

  • Exod 22:13
    68%

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