Deuteronomy 17:4

New English Translation

When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

Cross References

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

John 7:51

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

Deuteronomy 13:15

you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

Deuteronomy 17:3

by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.

Deuteronomy 17:5

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death.

Deuteronomy 19:18

The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,