Deuteronomy 19:16

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If a malicious witness comes forward to accuse someone of wrongdoing,

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Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,

“ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.