1 Kings 8:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Suppose someone accuses a person of a crime, and the accused has to stand in front of the altar in your temple and say, “I swear I am innocent!”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:32

Listen from heaven and decide who is right. Then punish the guilty person and let the innocent one go free.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Leviticus 5:1

If you refuse to testify in court about something you saw or know has happened, you have sinned and can be punished.

1 Samuel 2:25

If you harm another person, God can help make things right between the two of you. But if you commit a crime against the LORD, no one can help you!” But the LORD had already decided to kill them. So he kept them from listening to their father.