Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.

17Then both the men which striue together, shall stand before ye Lord, euen before the Priests and the Iudges, which shall be in those daies,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.

Psalms 27:12Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.

Mark 14:55And the hie Priests, and all the Councill sought for witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death, but 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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