29 Bible Verses about Witnesses, False
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And thou shalt not speak false testimony against thy friend:
Thou shalt not take up a false report: thou shalt not put thy hand with the unjust one to be a witness of wrong. Thou shalt not be after multitudes for evil; thou shalt not answer for the multitude to stretch out after multitudes to pervert justice.
And ye shall not swear in my name for falsehood, and profane the name of thy God: I Jehovah.
These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,read more.
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.
Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips.
And they making war asked him, saying, And what shall do? And he said to them, Shake none violently, neither make slanderous accusation; and be content with your pay.
For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations:
He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, thus: Thou shalt not murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;
Thou knowest the commands: Thou shouldst not commit adultery; Thou shouldst not kill; Thou shouldst not steal; Thou shouldst not bear false testimony; Thou shouldst not defraud; Honour thy father and mother.
Thou knowest the commands, Thou shouldest not commit adultery, Thou shouldest not kill, Thou shouldest not steal, Thou shouldest not bear false testimony, Honour thy father and thy mother.
A mallet and a sword and an arrow sharpened, the man answering against his neighbor testimony of falsehood.
Thou wilt not give me to the soul of him pressing me, for witnesses of falsehood rose up against me, and violence will blow.
Witnesses of wrong will rise up; they will ask me what I knew not.
He breathing out faithfulness will announce justice: and a witness of falsehoods, deceit
A witness of faithfulnesses will not lie: and a witness of falsehood will breathe out lies.
To lift up the face of the unjust one is not good; to turn aside the just one in judgment.
A witness of Belial shall mock judgment: and the mouth of the unjust will swallow down iniquity.
If a witness of wrong shall rise up against a man to testify apostasy against him; And the two men to whom is the contention stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; And the judges sought out diligently; and behold, a witness of falsehood, the witness of falsehood testified against his brother;read more.
And ye did to him as he purposed to do to his brother: and put away evil from the midst of thee And they remaining shall hear, and fear, and shall no more add to do according to this evil word in the midst of thee. And thine eye shall not pity; soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot
And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, When a soul shall sin and cover a transgression against Jehovah, and lie against his neighbor in a deposit, or in trust of the hand, or in robbery, or oppressing his neighbor; Or he found the lost thing, and lied concerning it, and swore upon falsehood; upon one of all which the man will do, for sinning in them.read more.
And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found, Or from all which he shall swear upon it for falsehood; and he recompensed it in its head, and he shall add its fifth part upon it, and he shall give it to whom it is to him, in the day of his trespass. And he shall bring his trespass to Jehovah, a blameless ram from the sheep by thy estimation, for the trespass, to the priest And the priest expiated for him before Jehovah; and it was forgiven to him for one from all which he shall do for being guilty in it.
A witness of falsehoods shall not be unpunished, and he breathing out lies shall not escape.
A witness of lies shall perish: and a man hearing, shall speak clearly.
For the terrible one ceased, the mocker was consumed, and they watching vanity were cut off: Leading a man into sin by a word, and laying snares for him doing justice in the gate, and they will turn aside the just one by vanity.
And he will say to me, This the curse going forth upon the face of all the earth: for every one stealing from thence was empty like it; and every one swearing from this was empty like it I brought it forth, says Jehovah of armies, and it came into the house of the thief, and into the house of him swearing for falsehood in my name: and it lodged in the midst of his house, and it finished it and its wood and its stones.
And she will write letters in the name of Ahab, and seal with his seal; and she will send the letters to the old men, and to the nobles who were in his city dwelling with Naboth. And she will write in the letters, Saying, Call a fast; set Naboth in the head of the people: And set two men, sons of Belial, over against him, and they shall bear witness, saying, Thou didst praise God and the king. And they shall bring him forth and stone him, and he shall die.read more.
And the men of his city, the old men and the nobles, who were dwelling in his city, will do as Jezebel sent to them, according to what was written in the letters which she sent to them. They called a fast; they will set Naboth upon the head of the people. And two men will come, sons of Belial, and they will set before him: and the men of Belial will testify against Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth praised Jehovah and the king. And they will bring him without the city, and stone him with stones, and he will die.
And the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; And they found not: and many false witnesses having come near, they found not. And afterwards two false witnesses, having come near, said, This said, I can loosen the temple of God, and after three days build it.
And the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus, to put him to death; and found not: For many testified falsely against him, and the testimonies were not alike. And certain having risen up testified falsely against him, saying,read more.
That we heard him saying, That I will abolish this temple made with hands, and in three days will I build another, made without hands. And neither so was their testimony alike.
And having been gathered together with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave sufficient silver coins to the soldiers, Saying, Say ye, That his disciples having come by night, stole him, we being asleep. And if this should be heard by the leader, we will persuade him, and we will make you undisturbed.read more.
And they having received the silver coins, did as they were taught; and this word was spread a report by the Jews till this day.
Then they put under men, saying, That we have heard him speaking defaming words against Moses, and God. And they roused together the people, and elders, and scribes, and having stood against, they seized him, and brought to the council, And set false witnesses, saying, This man ceases not speaking defaming words against this holy place, and the law:read more.
For we have heard him saying; That Jesus the Nazarite shall abolish this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
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And he having come, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood round about, bringing many and heavy charges against Paul, which they could not prove.
Then they put under men, saying, That we have heard him speaking defaming words against Moses, and God.
And they having received the silver coins, did as they were taught; and this word was spread a report by the Jews till this day.
And not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, That those having subverted the habitable globe, these also are present here;
For many testified falsely against him, and the testimonies were not alike.