Acts 6:13

They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];

Acts 6:11

Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, “We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God.”

Acts 21:28

shouting, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Psalm 27:12


Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

Psalm 35:11


Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

Psalm 56:5


All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Matthew 24:15

“So when you see the abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),

Acts 7:58

Then they drove him out of the city and began stoning him; and the witnesses placed their outer robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 25:8

while Paul declared in his own defense, “I have done no wrong and committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Bible References

Set

Acts 6:11
Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, “We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God.”
Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
Psalm 56:5

All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

General references

Exodus 20:16
“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).
Matthew 23:38
Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!
Acts 18:13
declaring, “This man is persuading people to worship God in violation of the law [of Moses].”
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the attack, declaring and insisting that these things were so.