Deuteronomy 19:16

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

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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 that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Psalms 27:12Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to 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 →

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