Bible Cross References
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1 Kings 21:10
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."
1 Kings 21:13
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.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
Matthew 26:60
but they could not find any, even though many people came forward and told lies about him. Finally two men stepped up
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.
and found
Daniel 6:4
Then the other supervisors and the governors tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel administered the empire, but they couldn't, because Daniel was reliable and did not do anything wrong or dishonest.
1 Peter 3:16-18
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but do it with gentleness and respect. Keep your conscience clear, so that when you are insulted, those who speak evil of your good conduct as followers of Christ will become ashamed of what they say.
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For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil.
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For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,