Deuteronomy 19:20

Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't ever do anything so evil.

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In The King James Version

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

In Context

19then you must punish the accuser in the same way they wanted to punish their victim. You must eliminate this evil from among you.

21Don't show any mercy. The rule is life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:12It may happen that once you're living in the towns the Lord your God is giving you, you hear

Deuteronomy 17:13Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't act with contempt in the future.

Proverbs 21:11When a mocker is punished, an immature person can learn wisdom. When the wise are educated, they gain knowledge.

1 Timothy 5:20Censure those who sin in front of everyone as a warning to others as well.

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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