Deuteronomy 19:16

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If a malicious witness rises against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

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Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

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

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;

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