'Witness' in the Bible

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”

Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.”

Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed

If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, though no one is with us, understand that God will be a witness between you and me.”

This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

“If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.

The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.

“One witness cannot establish any wrongdoing or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

Therefore write down this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the Israelites.

“Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the Lord in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no share in the Lord!’

We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar that our fathers made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar: It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone—it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord is our witness if we don’t do as you say.”

He said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything in my hand.”“He is a witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “The Lord, who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt, is a witness.

As for the matter you and I have spoken about, the Lord will be a witness between you and me forever.”

Jonathan then said to David, “Go in the assurance the two of us pledged in the name of the Lord when we said: The Lord will be a witness between you and me and between my offspring and your offspring forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan went into the city.

And the king went on to say this: ‘May the Lord God of Israel be praised! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and I am a witness.’”

Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the king

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

Even now my witness is in heaven,and my advocate is in the heights!

like the moon, established forever,a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

You will only see it with your eyesand witness the punishment of the wicked.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,but a false witness, deceit.

An honest witness does not deceive,but a dishonest witness utters lies.

A truthful witness rescues lives,but one who utters lies is deceitful.

A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.

A worthless witness mocks justice,and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.

A lying witness will perish,but the one who listens will speak successfully.

It will be a sign and witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.

Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,a leader and commander for the peoples,

because they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken a lie in My name, which I did not command them. I am He who knows, and I am a witness.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

And they said to Jeremiah, “As for every word the Lord your God sends you to tell us, if we don’t act accordingly, may the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us.

Listen, all you peoples;pay attention, earth and everyone in it!The Lord God will be a witness against you,the Lord, from His holy temple.

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

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

“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:Do not murder;do not commit adultery;do not steal;do not bear false witness;

You know the commandments:Do not murder;do not commit adultery;do not steal;do not bear false witness;do not defraud;honor your father and mother.”

“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to sanhedrins, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of Me, as a witness to them.

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

You know the commandments:Do not commit adultery;do not murder;do not steal;do not bear false witness;honor your father and mother.”

It will lead to an opportunity for you to witness.

He came as a witnessto testify about the light,so that all might believe through him.

Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”

For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’

But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will reveal to you.

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.

For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

For we never used flattering speech, as you know, or had greedy motives—God is our witness—

Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says: