Deuteronomy 19:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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  • 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.

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    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.

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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.

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    15¶ ‹Moreover 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.›

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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.

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    1¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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  • Prov 14:5
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    5¶ A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

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

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

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    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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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,

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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.

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

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

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

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  • Heb 10:28
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    1¶ If 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.

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

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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;

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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.

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

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