Bible Cross References
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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"If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
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"then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
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"And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, [if] the witness [is] a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother,
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"then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.
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"And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you.
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"Your eye shall not pity: life [shall be] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
1 Kings 21:8-13
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And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who [were] dwelling in the city with Naboth.
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She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;
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and seat two men, scoundrels, 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.
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So the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent to them.
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They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with high honor among the people.
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And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of 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 to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
Psalm 35:11
Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me [things] that I do not know.
Psalm 35:12
They reward me evil for good, [To] the sorrow of my soul.
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?
Psalm 94:21
They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor [Is like] a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and all the council sought testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none.
Mark 14:56
For many bore false witness against Him, but their testimonies did not agree.
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 brought [him] to 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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Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator [named] Tertullus. These gave evidence 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 foresight,
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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 beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us.
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"For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension 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 wanted 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, maintaining 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 answer for myself,
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"because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
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"And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
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"Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.