Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
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Deuteronomy 19:16
When a false witness rises up against any man to testify rebellion against him,
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city dwelling with Naboth.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalm 35:11
False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, who creates toil under the guise of law?
Proverbs 25:18
A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
And the princes of the priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none.
Acts 6:11
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias, the prince of the priests, descended with the elders and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
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Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Acts 24:9
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.