Bible Cross References
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him,
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then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
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And the judges shall make diligent inquiry; and behold, [if] an unjust witness has borne unjust testimony, [and] has stood up against his brother,
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then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.
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And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.
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Your eye shall not spare him; [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
1 Kings 21:8-13
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And she wrote a letter in the name of Ahab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Naboth.
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And it was written in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
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And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He blasphemed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let him die.
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And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.
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And they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
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And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, You have 6blasphemed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.
Psalm 35:11
Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.
Psalm 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
Psalm 94:21
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 25:18
[As] a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus, in order to put Him to death, but found none.
Mark 14:56
For many were testifying falsely against Him, but their testimonies were not the same.
Acts 6:11-13
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Then they secretly instigated men to be saying, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."
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And they aroused the people and the elders and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and led him to the council.
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And they put forward false witnesses saying, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against the holy place and the law;
Acts 24:1-13
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Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain attorney named Tertullus, who made known to the governor the charges against Paul.
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And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying: "Attaining much peace by you and successes coming about for this nation by your foresight,
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both in everything and everywhere we accept [it], most excellent Felix, with all thanksgiving.
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But that I not weary you any longer, I beseech you to hear us briefly in your graciousness.
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For [we] have found this man [to] be a plague, and [one] causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect,
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who also attempted to profane the temple, whom we also arrested,
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from whom you will be able, having judged [him] yourself, to learn about all these things of which we are accusing him."
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And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.
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But Paul answered, the governor had nodded for him to speak: "Knowing that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, the more cheerfully I defend the things concerning myself,
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because you being able to know that it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
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And they did not find me with anyone in the temple disputing, or inciting a crowd to rise up, neither in the synagogues nor in the city.
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Nor are they able to prove [against] me the things about which they are now accusing me.