Bible Cross References
sought
1 Kings 21:10
and seat two men, sons of worthlessness, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings 21:13
And two men, sons of worthlessness, came in and sat before him; and the men of worthlessness testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth has blasphemed God and the king! Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
Psalm 27:12
Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
Psalm 35:11
Violent witnesses rose up; they asked of me things which I have not known.
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
Matthew 26:60
but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward
Acts 6:11-13
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Then they secretly induced men to say, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.
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And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and led him into the council.
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They also set up false witnesses who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;
Acts 24:1-13
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And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These made declarations to the governor against Paul.
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And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your providence,
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we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
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Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I entreat you to hear, by your fairness, a few words from us.
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For we have found this man pestilent, a mover of insurrection among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and were determined to judge him according to our law.
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But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,
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commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.
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And the Jews also assented, alleging that these things were so.
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Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully make my defense,
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because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to do homage.
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And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, neither in the synagogues nor throughout the city.
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Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
and found
Daniel 6:4
Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault because he was trustworthy. And no error or fault was found in him.
1 Peter 3:16-18
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having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evildoers, those who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
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For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
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For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,