Deuteronomy 19:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;
  • Num 35:30 : 30 whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.
  • Matt 18:16 : 16 and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.
  • John 8:17 : 17 and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,
  • Rev 11:3-7 : 3 and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth; 4 these are the two olive `trees', and the two lamp-stands that before the God of the earth do stand; 5 and if any one may will to injure them, fire doth proceed out of their mouth, and doth devour their enemies, and if any one may will to injure them, thus it behoveth him to be killed. 6 These have authority to shut the heaven, that it may not rain rain in the days of their prophecy, and authority they have over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the land with every plague, as often as they may will. 7 `And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them,
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near, 61 said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:16-19
    4 verses
    86%

    16 `When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

    17 then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,

    18 and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

    19 `Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

  • Deut 17:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5 `Then thou hast brought out that man, or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates -- the man or the woman -- and thou hast stoned them with stones, and they have died.

    6 By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;

    7 the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

  • Matt 18:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15 `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

    16 and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    79%

    19 Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

  • Num 35:30
    77%

    30 whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14 `Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

  • Exod 20:16
    74%

    16 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • 2 Cor 13:1
    74%

    1 This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

  • John 8:17
    72%

    17 and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

  • Prov 19:5
    72%

    5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

  • Deut 5:20
    72%

    20 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

  • Prov 19:9
    70%

    9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    70%

    56 for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.

    57 And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying --

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

    16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:17
    69%

    17 Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

  • Matt 26:60
    69%

    60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

  • Prov 14:25
    69%

    25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1 `And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he `is' witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

  • Prov 24:28
    69%

    28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

  • Deut 19:10
    69%

    10 and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

  • Num 5:13
    69%

    13 and a man hath lain with her `with' the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    9 If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

  • Job 15:6
    69%

    6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Exod 22:13
    69%

    13 if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

  • Prov 25:18
    69%

    18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Lev 19:11
    69%

    11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

  • Exod 23:7
    68%

    7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

  • Heb 10:28
    68%

    28 any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

  • Lev 19:35
    68%

    35 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

  • Exod 22:11
    68%

    11 an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

  • Deut 25:1
    68%

    1 `When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9 for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2 `When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,

  • John 3:32
    68%

    32 `And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

  • Lev 6:2
    68%

    2 `When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

  • Deut 16:20
    67%

    20 Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Deut 13:11
    67%

    11 and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.

  • Prov 6:19
    67%

    19 A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Mark 14:59
    67%

    59 and neither so was their testimony alike.