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.

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

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.

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