Psalm 35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Cross-reference
Psalm 27:12 also mentions false witnesses rising against the psalmist — a direct parallel to the malicious witnesses in Psalm 35:11.
Psalm 119:69 mentions the insolent smearing the psalmist with lies — directly parallel to the malicious witnesses who accuse David falsely.
Psalm 120:2 cries out for deliverance from lying lips and deceitful tongues — the same kind of false speech David suffers from here.
In Acts 24:12, Paul denies the false accusations — mirroring the psalmist's claim of being accused of things he does not know.
In Acts 6:13, false witnesses accuse Stephen — a direct parallel to the malicious witnesses in the psalm, showing ongoing persecution of the righteous.
In 1 Samuel 24:9, David confronts Saul about listening to false reports — a specific instance of the malicious witnesses David laments in the psalm.
In Matthew 26:60, false witnesses come forward against Jesus but their testimony fails — echoing the psalmist's complaint of malicious witnesses.
In Acts 24:13, Paul asserts the accusers cannot prove their false charges — echoing the psalmist's situation of being slandered without basis.
In Matthew 26:59, the chief priests seek false witnesses against Jesus — a direct fulfillment of the pattern of the righteous being falsely accused, as David experienced.
Proverbs 24:28 warns against being a witness against your neighbor without cause — the opposite of the malicious witnesses David faces.
In Luke 23:2, false accusations are brought against Jesus — continuing the pattern of the righteous being slandered.
In Mark 14:55, the council seeks false testimony against Jesus — a typological fulfillment of David's false accusers.
In Genesis 39:14, Potiphar's wife falsely accuses Joseph — a classic example of malicious witnesses, just as the psalmist describes.
Proverbs 6:19 lists a false witness who breathes out lies as something the Lord hates — the very behavior of David's accusers.
1 Kings 21:13 recounts two worthless men bearing false witness against Naboth — a vivid example of malicious witnesses like those David describes.
Deuteronomy 19:16 describes a malicious witness arising to accuse someone — the same scenario David faces in this verse.
Exodus 23:1 gives the law against spreading false reports and being a malicious witness — the very sin David laments here.
In Matthew 5:11, Jesus blesses those falsely accused for his sake — a New Testament echo of David's lament.
In Acts 24:6, Tertullus falsely claims Paul profaned the temple — another example of false accusation like the psalm's malicious witnesses.
In Acts 24:5, Tertullus falsely accuses Paul — a legal accusation akin to the malicious witnesses in the psalm.
In Jeremiah 37:14, Jeremiah is falsely accused of desertion — mirroring David's experience with malicious witnesses.
In Romans 8:33, Paul declares no charge can stand against God's elect — contrasting with David's experience of false accusers.
In Acts 25:7, the Jews bring unproven charges against Paul — similar to David's malicious witnesses.