"Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?" Cross References Exodus 23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. Deuteronomy 17:6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness. Deuteronomy 19:15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter before he hears it--this is folly and disgrace to him. Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck." Treasury of Scripture Does our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he does? Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 17:8-11 Deuteronomy 19:15-19 |
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