Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find 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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