Deuteronomy 17:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

and when this will have been reported to you, and, upon hearing it, if you have inquired diligently and have found it to be true, that the abomination is being done in Israel:

Cross References

Proverbs 25:2

It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech.

John 7:51

"Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?"

Deuteronomy 13:15

you shall promptly strike down the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. And you shall destroy it, along with all the things that are in it, even the flocks.

Deuteronomy 17:3

so as to go and serve foreign gods and adore them, such as the sun and the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not instructed,

Deuteronomy 17:5

you shall lead forward the man or the woman who has perpetrated this most wicked thing to the gates of your city, and they shall be stoned to death.

Deuteronomy 19:18

And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if what he has claimed is true and virginity is not found in the girl,