Deuteronomy 19:16
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shall thou bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.
Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and did not find it.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:15-21
False Witnesses. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is… Read the whole commentary →