From Nave’s Topical Bible
Evidence
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 14Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- LAWS CONCERNINGExodus 20:16Exodus 23:1Exodus 23:7Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 24:14Numbers 35:30Deuteronomy 17:6Deuteronomy 17:7Deuteronomy 19:15–21Proverbs 24:28Matthew 18:16Matthew 19:18Hebrews 10:28
- SELF-CRIMINATINGJoshua 7:19–21
- See Witness
- See False Witness
- See Accusation, False
- See Self-crimination
The passages, in Bible order (14)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Commentary on Exodus 20:162 voices
Here is prohibited the lie that is harmful to one's neighbor. And according to the general understanding, every pernicious lie is here prohibited: and it is to be understood that every lie is evil. Augustine distinguishes and says that there is the officious, jocose, and …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 7, 1257Patristic
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Commentary on Exodus 23:11 voice
Thou shalt not raise a false report,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Commentary on Exodus 23:71 voice
Keep thee far from a false matter,.... Or "word" (z); from receiving a false testimony, or taking the false or wrong side of a cause, or engaging in a bad one; keep aloof off from it, as much at a distance from it as possible: and the innocent and the righteous slay thou not; that is, do not condemn them to death, nor join with the majority in their condemnation, if they appear to be innocent and righteous; nor give orders, or join in giving orders to the executioner to put such to death.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 5:1
“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.
Commentary on Leviticus 5:11 voice
And if a soul sin,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 24:14
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
Commentary on Leviticus 24:141 voice
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 35:30
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.
Commentary on Numbers 35:301 voice
Whoso killeth any person,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 17:6
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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:62 voices
"Two angels, however, appeared there." For just so many honorary companions were required by the Word of God, which usually prescribes "two witnesses." Moreover, the women, returning from the sepulcher and from this vision of the angels were foreseen by Isaiah, when he says, "Come, you women, who return from the vision"; that is, "come" to report the resurrection of the Lord.
Tertullian· AGAINST MARCION 4.43.2, 220Patristic
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death,.... The idolater found guilty was to be stoned; two witnesses were sufficient to prove a fact, if three the better, but, on the testimony of one, sentence might not be pronounced.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 17:7
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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 17:71 voice
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 19:15–21
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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:15–212 voices
[Christ] did then truly rise, and after he had risen, he was seen again by his disciples. And the twelve disciples were witnesses of his resurrection, testifying not with words meant to please but contending for the truth of the resurrection even unto torture and death. Further, "on the word of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed," according to Scripture. There are twelve witnesses to the resurrection of Christ, and do you still disbelieve in the resurrection?
Cyril of Jerusalem· Catechetical Lecture 4.12, 386Patristic
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Joshua 7:19–21
So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
Commentary on Joshua 7:19–211 voice
And Joshua said unto Achan, my son,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 24:28
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Commentary on Proverbs 24:281 voice
Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor, etc. This also pertains to the cultivation of our field, that is, to the pursuit of good action, namely, not to harm an innocent neighbor with false testimony, not to give any sinner the confidence …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Matthew 18:16
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
Commentary on Matthew 18:161 voice
(Verse 16) But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed. But if he refuses to listen, let a brother be called in. And if he does not listen to him, let a third person be called in, either to correct him or to meet with witnesses.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 19:18
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
Commentary on Matthew 19:181 voice
(Verse 18, 19.) But if you want to enter life, keep the commandments. He said to him, 'Which ones?' Jesus replied, 'You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. Honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.'
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Hebrews 10:28
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Commentary on Hebrews 10:281 voice
According to the law, "the adulterer and the adulteress were put to death." They could not say, "We seek repentance and we pray for mercy." There was no place for tears, and no opportunity was granted for any correction, but in every way it was necessary for those who had contravened the law to be punished. This was observed in certain individual offenses for which the death penalty was ascribed. But among Christians, if adultery has been committed, the precept is not that "the adulterer and adulteress" be punished by the destruction of the body.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 11.2, 253Patristic