'Bear Witness' in the Bible

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Hear this, O thou house of Jacob; ye that are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of one stock with Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and bear witness by the God of Israel - but not with truth and right.

“You have heard [these things foretold]; look at all this [that has been fulfilled].And you, will you not declare it?I proclaim to you [specific] new things from this time,Even hidden things which you have not known.

Unto whom, can I speak - and bear witness, that they may hear? Lo! uncircumcised, is their ear, that they cannot attend, - Lo! the word of Yahweh, hath become to them a reproach, they take no delight therein.

“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

And the chief priest arose, and said to him, "Answerest thou nothing? How is it that these bear witness against thee?"

But wherever they will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust from under your feet to bear witness concerning them."

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

And the highest priest stood up amongst them all, and asked Jesus saying, "Answerest thou nothing? How is it that these bear witness against thee?"

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee.

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bear witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.

You yourselves can bear witness to my having said, 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I am His appointed forerunner.'

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

beginning at the baptism of John unto that same day that he was taken up from us - must one be ordained to bear witness with us of his resurrection."

This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you [to serve] as a minister and as a witness [to testify, with authority,] not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you,

They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them

But now [i.e., under the Gospel age], a way of being considered right with God apart from [any] law has been made known. [The writings of] the law [i.e., the Pentateuch] and the prophets bear witness to this.

For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.

And as for myself, brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.

For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

What has become then, of your blessings? For I can bear witness that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!

For I can bear witness to the deep interest he takes in you and in the brethren at Laodicea and in those at Hierapolis.

Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.

You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.

Do not be ashamed then to bear witness for our Lord and for me His prisoner; but rather share suffering with me in the service of the Good News, strengthened by the power of God.

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which should be spoken afterward.

I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

For they that bear witness are three:

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

For it is an intense joy to me when brethren come and bear witness to your fidelity to the truth--that you live in obedience to the truth.

Demetrius hath the witness of all men , and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went off to wage war on the rest of her children (seed), those who keep and obey the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus [holding firmly to it and bearing witness to Him].

I, Jesus, have sent my messenger, to bear witness unto you of these things, for the assemblies. I, am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and the morning Star.

I, bear witness, unto every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this scroll: - If anyone shall lay aught upon them, God, will lay upon him, the plagues which are written in this scroll;