Bible Cross References
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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If any of you try to harm another by false accusations,
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both of you are to go to the one place of worship and be judged by the priests and judges who are then in office.
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The judges will investigate the case thoroughly; and if you have made a false accusation,
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you are to receive the punishment the accused would have received. In this way your nation will get rid of this evil.
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Then everyone else will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.
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In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
1 Kings 21:8-13
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Then she wrote some letters, signed Ahab's name to them, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the officials and leading citizens of Jezreel.
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The letters said: "Proclaim a day of fasting, call the people together, and give Naboth the place of honor.
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Get a couple of scoundrels to accuse him to his face of cursing God and the king. Then take him out of the city and stone him to death."
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The officials and leading citizens of Jezreel did what Jezebel had commanded.
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They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.
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The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.
Psalm 27:12
Don't abandon me to my enemies, who attack me with lies and threats.
Psalm 35:11
Evil people testify against me and accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
Psalm 35:12
They pay me back evil for good, and I sink in despair.
Psalm 94:20
You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,
Psalm 94:21
who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.
Proverbs 25:18
A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they could not find any.
Mark 14:56
Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree.
Acts 6:11-13
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So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"
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In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.
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Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.
Acts 24:1-13
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Five days later the High Priest Ananias went to Caesarea with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. They appeared before Governor Felix and made their charges against Paul.
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Then Paul was called in, and Tertullus began to make his accusation, as follows: "Your Excellency! Your wise leadership has brought us a long period of peace, and many necessary reforms are being made for the good of our country.
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We welcome this everywhere and at all times, and we are deeply grateful to you.
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I do not want to take up too much of your time, however, so I beg you to be kind and listen to our brief account.
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We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.
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He also tried to defile the Temple, and we arrested him.
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If you question this man, you yourself will be able to learn from him all the things that we are accusing him of."
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The Jews joined in the accusation and said that all this was true.
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The governor then motioned to Paul to speak, and Paul said, "I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, and so I am happy to defend myself before you.
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As you can find out for yourself, it was no more than twelve days ago that I went to Jerusalem to worship.
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The Jews did not find me arguing with anyone in the Temple, nor did they find me stirring up the people, either in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.
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Nor can they give you proof of the accusations they now bring against me.