Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

In Context

15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

17Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

Psalms 27:12Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

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 →

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