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.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:12If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
Deuteronomy 17:13Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
Proverbs 21:11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
1 Timothy 5:20Those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
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 →