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'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;

Verse ConceptsCrowdsMultitudesConformityInjustice, Nature And Source OfLove, Abuse OfProof, As EvidencePublic OpinionImitatingPeer PressureMinoritiesEvil AssociationsWarnings Of Evil Associations

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.”

Verse ConceptsBlindness, SymbolicStandingOwning LivestockAvoiding BribesBlindingLoss Of DonkeysOther Blinding

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.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialPersecution, Forms OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

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.

Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

“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.

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

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.

Verse ConceptsConvincingDeafnessHearingIndifferenceOffencePleasureRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodSpiritual DeafnessRejecting God's WordRefusing To HearWitnessing

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

Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorPay Attention To God!

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

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRivers

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."

Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleOpportunities, And SalvationWiping DustPeople Abandoning Peoplefatedustwelcome

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.

Verse ConceptsFloggingGovernorsPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfSanhedrinSynagogueHanding Over PeopleBeating BelieversWitness To The GospelTaking HeedGentile Rulers

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?"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

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

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

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

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinProphets Killed

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

Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying

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.

Verse ConceptsRabbiRevival, CorporateContemporary Witness To ChristBeyond JordanChristian Baptism

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

Verse ConceptsHeraldPeople Going BeforeWho Is John The Baptist?

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.

Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of RedemptionCompletionWitnesses, To Jesus ChristDoing God's WorksGod Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And Son

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.

Verse ConceptsWitnesses, To Jesus ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfNot Knowing About ChristChrist Telling The TruthPeople BeginningWhere From?Changing Yourselftestimonytestifyingmyself

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

Verse ConceptsHonestyBeating JesusTelling The Truth

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.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of Jesus ChristWitnessing, Importance OfJesus Christ, KingThe Witness Of ChristAssentingPerforming The TruthWho Is Jesus?Why It HappenedGod's Word Is TrueTelling The Truth

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."

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

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.

Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleHeresiesJudaismSectsStrictness

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,

Verse ConceptsDivine PurposesWitnesses, To Jesus ChristChrist AppearingWitness To The GospelGet Up!Why It HappenedPurposeRisingMinistry

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

Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughtWritingThoughts Of The WickedWriting On PeopleJustified By WorksKnowing Right And WrongTaking The Law To HeartThings As WitnessesHeart, HumanEthicsMoralityconscienceaccusations

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.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing

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

Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

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.

Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachPeople VisitingWitness To The GospelFoolishness Of GodExcellenceSpeechpreachingtestimonyego

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

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanSacrificial GivingChoosing ThingsGiving To The PoorFree Will

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!

Verse ConceptsPlucking OutPositive ThinkingAffections Should Not Grow Cold

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

Verse ConceptsFervourZealousness, Examples Of

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.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCloaksGreed, Believers' Response ToAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodCovetousnessGreedmotives

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

Verse ConceptsConsciences, Before OthersBlamelessness, Church MinistersThe Witness Of GodPlea Of InnocenceClear Consciences

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.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Ofencouragement, examples ofGrace, And Christian LifeLettersPeter, Preacher And TeacherSecretaryStandingGrace, Description OfConcisenessThe Grace Of GodWriting The New Testamentevangelising

(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;)

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristManifesting (making Something Clear)God With ChristMaking Christ KnownChrist's LifeSubsequent Witness To ChristThe Fathereternity

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].

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOffspringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSubsequent Witness To ChristSigns Of The TimesSpiritual Offspring

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;

Verse ConceptsPlaguesWatchfulness, Of LeadersAdding To GodBooks Of ProphecyProphecyPunishmentPunishmentsProphecies concerning

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