'Witness' in the Bible

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.

For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.

And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

And not even so did their witness agree together.

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

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 to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.

He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this , that God is true.

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

It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

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

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

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.

Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.

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

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

The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

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 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 have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.

This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.

Long time therefore they tarried there'speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

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

But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them );

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

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

Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said,

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the 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.

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

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.

who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: