Deuteronomy 19:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Exod 23:1-7 : 1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; 3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause. 4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it. 6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Mark 14:55-59 : 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. 56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other. 57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying, 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'" 59 Even so, their testimony did not agree.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking 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 sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

  • Deut 19:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

    19then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

  • Prov 14:5
    78%

    5A truthful witness will not lie, But a false witness pours out lies.

  • Prov 19:5
    78%

    5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

  • Prov 12:17
    77%

    17He who is truthful testifies honestly, But a false witness lies.

  • Deut 17:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

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

  • Ps 35:11
    77%

    11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    76%

    56For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.

    57Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:9
    76%

    9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

  • Matt 18:16
    75%

    16But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    75%

    19Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

    18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 6:19
    75%

    19A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Prov 14:25
    74%

    25A truthful witness saves souls, But a false witness is deceitful.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28A corrupt witness mocks justice, And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Matt 26:59-60
    2 verses
    73%

    59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

    60and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

  • Prov 21:28
    73%

    28A false witness will perish, And a man who listens speaks to eternity.

  • Num 35:30
    72%

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20"Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 24:28
    71%

    28Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 6:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2"If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

    3or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    70%

    15Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Acts 6:13
    70%

    13and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

  • Ps 27:12
    69%

    12Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen up against me, Such as breathe out cruelty.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    69%

    31If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    69%

    22If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

  • John 5:31
    69%

    31"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

  • John 8:17
    69%

    17It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

  • Deut 16:19
    69%

    19You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1"'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

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

  • Prov 18:5
    68%

    5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Isa 29:21
    68%

    21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

  • Job 17:8
    68%

    8Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

  • Luke 21:13
    68%

    13It will turn out as a testimony for you.

  • Exod 22:13
    68%

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.