Verse 16

‹But if he will not hear› [thee, then] ‹take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.›

Referenced Verses

• Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
• John 8:17 : 17 ‹It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.›
• 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 ¶ This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
• 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
• Heb 10:28 : 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
• Num 35:30 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person [to cause him] to die.
• Deut 17:6 : 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• 1 John 5:7-8 : 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
• Rev 11:3 : 3 ¶ And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.