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Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

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

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

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

…by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

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

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

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

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

“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.

Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’

Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

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

…a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

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

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

A truthful witness saves 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 pours out lies will perish.

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