Deuteronomy 13:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ then you shall inquire and make a thorough investigation. If the charge is established that such an abhorrent thing has been done among you,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,

Common English Bible

¹⁴ at that point you must look into this situation very carefully to see if it’s true. And if it’s definitely true that this detestable thing was done in your community,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Inquire carefully and diligently the truth of the thing by looking well into it: and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,

Deuteronomy 13:14 Cross References

Numbers 35:30

“If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Deuteronomy 10:18

who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 13:13

that scoundrels from among you have gone out and led the inhabitants of the town astray, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ whom you have not known,

Deuteronomy 13:15

you shall put the inhabitants of that town to the sword, utterly destroying it and everything in it, even putting its livestock to the sword.

Deuteronomy 17:4

and if it is reported to you or you hear of it, and you make a thorough inquiry, and the charge is proved true that such an abhorrent thing has occurred in Israel,

1 Timothy 5:19

Never accept any accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

1 Samuel 1:16

Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.”

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord