Deuteronomy 19:16

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If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing;

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  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.
  • Exod 23:1-7 : 1 You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness. 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority. 3 Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute. 4 If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it. 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed 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 of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
  • Mark 14:55-59 : 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. 56 For many bore false witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree. 57 And some stood up and bore 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 even then, their testimony did not agree.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:15
    86%

    15One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

  • Deut 19:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time;

    18And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;

    19Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

  • 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 go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.

  • Prov 12:17
    77%

    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

  • Deut 17:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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

  • Ps 35:11
    77%

    11False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    76%

    56For many bore false witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree.

    57And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Prov 19:9
    76%

    9A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.

  • Matt 18:16
    75%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    75%

    19Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 6:19
    75%

    19A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

  • Prov 14:25
    74%

    25A truthful witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to 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 testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;

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

  • Prov 21:28
    73%

    28A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears will speak consistently.

  • Num 35:30
    72%

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Prov 24:28
    71%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 6:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD, and lies to his neighbor about something delivered to him to keep, or about a pledge, or about something taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor;

    3Or if he has found what was lost and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things a person may do, sinning therein:

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    70%

    15Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise if in fact the dead do not rise.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

  • Acts 6:13
    70%

    13They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.

  • Ps 27:12
    69%

    12Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    69%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    69%

    22If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house;

  • 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 has 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%

    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1And if a person sins, and hears the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he does not speak of it, then he shall bear his guilt.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Prov 18:5
    68%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Isa 29:21
    68%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Job 17:8
    68%

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

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who has done wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant,

  • Luke 21:13
    68%

    13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

  • Exod 22:13
    68%

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.