Deuteronomy 19:15

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A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.
  • Num 35:30 : 30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
  • John 8:17 : 17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • Rev 11:3-7 : 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” 4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 6 These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 7 When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:16-19
    4 verses
    86%

    16If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

    17then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

    18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Matt 18:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

    16But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    79%

    19Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

  • Num 35:30
    77%

    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Exod 20:16
    74%

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • 2 Cor 13:1
    74%

    1Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • John 8:17
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:5
    72%

    5A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

  • Deut 5:20
    72%

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

  • Prov 19:9
    70%

    9A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    70%

    56Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

    57Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • Matt 26:60
    69%

    60But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

  • Prov 14:25
    69%

    25A truthful witness rescues lives, but one who testifies falsely betrays them.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1Additional Sin Offering Regulations“‘When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness(he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

  • Prov 24:28
    69%

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

  • Deut 19:10
    69%

    10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

  • Num 5:13
    69%

    13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

  • Job 15:6
    69%

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

  • Exod 22:13
    69%

    13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

  • Prov 25:18
    69%

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Lev 19:11
    69%

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

  • Exod 23:7
    68%

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Heb 10:28
    68%

    28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  • Lev 19:35
    68%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Exod 22:11
    68%

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

  • Deut 25:1
    68%

    1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

  • John 3:32
    68%

    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

  • Lev 6:2
    68%

    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

  • Deut 16:20
    67%

    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 13:11
    67%

    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Prov 6:19
    67%

    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Mark 14:59
    67%

    59Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.