Various Laws

“You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,

Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, For false witnesses have risen against me, And the violent witness.

A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

One who declares truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.

A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness declares lies.

A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will perish.

A false witness will perish, But a person who listens will speak forever.

because they acted foolishly in Israel, and committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and falsely spoke words in My name which I did not command them. I am He who knows, and a witness,” declares the Lord.’”

“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.

They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward,

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking against this holy place and the Law;

Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.