Deuteronomy 19:16

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to bear perverted witness against him;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 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 a matter be establishment

17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20(5-17) Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

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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