Deuteronomy 19:16

If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,

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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 shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

17both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shall you speak false testimony against your neighbor.

Mark 14:55Yet truly, the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death, and they found none.

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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