Witness

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

A man that hath set at nought Moses’ law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;

This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. — read the full passage →

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.

Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.

and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert. — read the full passage →

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.