Deuteronomy 19:16
If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
Mark 14:55And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and 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 →