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
If a false witness rises up against any man to testify a falling away against him,
1 Kings 21:8
And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and he that breathes out cruelty.
Psalm 35:11
Cruel witnesses rose up; they asked of me that which I never knew.
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law?
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
And the chief priests and all the sanhedrin sought for witness against Jesus, to put Him to death. And they found none.
Acts 6:11
And they induced men to be saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.
Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders and with a certain orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul.
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Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Acts 24:9
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.