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 an unrighteous witness rise up against a man to accuse him of trespass:
1 Kings 21:8
And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name and sealed it with his seal, and sent it unto the elders and chief men of his city that dwelt where Naboth dwelt.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.
Psalm 35:11
False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.
Psalm 94:20
Wilt thou have anything to do with the stool of wickedness, which imagineth mischief as a law?
Proverbs 25:18
Whoso beareth false witness against his neighbour, he is a very spear, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
And the high priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus, to put him to death; And they found none.
Acts 6:11
Then sent they in men which said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God,"
Acts 24:1
After five days, Ananias the high priest descended, with elders and with a certain orator named Tertullus, and informed the ruler of Paul.
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Exodus 20:16
"Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.
Acts 24:9
The Jews likewise affirmed, saying that it was even so.