Witness

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which 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 will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 be 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 the matter be established.

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

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under 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 the Lord.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

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

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

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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

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

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction 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 that is set on an hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

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

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 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 a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — 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.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: 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. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:

Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; 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.

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

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

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

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh 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 hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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 strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

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

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

And I took 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 will utter lies.

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

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 by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

And I will give power 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants 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, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which 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 with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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

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

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

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