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 any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
Psalm 27:12
Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalm 35:11
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Proverbs 25:18
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
Acts 6:11
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Acts 24:1
After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.
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Exodus 20:16
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.