Deuteronomy 19:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:14 : 14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,
  • Deut 17:4 : 4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions. 7 Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
  • Job 19:16 : 16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

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  • Deut 19:15-17
    3 verses
    84%

    15A 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.

    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.

  • Deut 19:19
    80%

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

  • Prov 6:19
    75%

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

  • Prov 19:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 12:17
    75%

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

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

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

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 19:9
    74%

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

  • Exod 23:1
    74%

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

  • Exod 20:16
    73%

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

  • Deut 13:14
    73%

    14You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

  • Matt 18:15-16
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    73%

    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.

  • Prov 25:18
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    73%

    6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you(whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues, but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

  • Deut 17:4
    72%

    4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

  • Exod 22:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

    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 17:6-9
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

    8Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

    9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

  • Deut 16:18-20
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    72%

    18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

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

  • Lev 6:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    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,

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  • Zech 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

  • Deut 1:16
    71%

    16I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.

  • Jer 7:5
    71%

    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    71%

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

  • Matt 26:59
    71%

    59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

  • Prov 21:28
    70%

    28A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

  • Exod 23:7
    70%

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

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    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

  • Prov 14:25
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    70%

    31“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

  • Prov 19:28
    70%

    28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Prov 18:17
    70%

    17The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

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  • 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.

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • 1 Cor 6:6
    69%

    6Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

  • Deut 22:1
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  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,