Deuteronomy 19:15
Good News Translation
"One witness is not enough to convict someone of a crime; at least two witnesses are necessary to prove that someone is guilty.

New Revised Standard Version
A single witness shall not suffice to convict a person of any crime or wrongdoing in connection with any offense that may be committed. Only on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be sustained.

Contemporary English Version
Before you are convicted of a crime, at least two witnesses must be able to testify that you did it.

New American Bible
One witness alone shall not stand against someone in regard to any crime or any offense that may have been committed; a charge shall stand only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

at the mouth

Deuteronomy 17:6 By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Numbers 35:30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

1 Kings 21:10,13 And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die. . . .

Matthew 18:16 And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

Matthew 26:60,61 And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses: . . .

John 8:17 And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1 Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19 Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28 A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

Revelation 11:3-7 And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. . . .

Context
The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses
15One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.16If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,…
Cross References
Matthew 18:16
And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

Matthew 26:60
And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:

John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him and know what he doth?

John 8:17
And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1
Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19
Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28
A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

Numbers 35:30
The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Deuteronomy 17:6
By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Deuteronomy 19:14
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