Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [falsely] accuse him of wrongdoing,
1 Kings 21:8-13
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
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 35:11-12
Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
Psalm 94:20-21
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Matthew 5:22
Mark 14:55-56
Now the chief priests and the entire Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus [which they could use] to have Him [condemned and] executed, but they were not finding any.
Acts 6:11-13
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 24:1-13
Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.
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Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).