John 7:51
"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"
Proverbs 18:13
The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.
Deuteronomy 1:17
They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.
Deuteronomy 17:6
At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Deuteronomy 17:8-11
If a matter is too difficult for you to judge -- bloodshed, legal claim, or assault -- matters of controversy in your villages -- you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
Deuteronomy 19:15-19
A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?"
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