Bible Verses About Being a Witness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a witness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,415 votes, led by Matthew 5:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Witness
Matthew 5:16442 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 1:8370 votes
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.
1 Peter 3:15272 votes
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:
Acts 22:15257 votes
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Isaiah 43:10182 votes
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.
Matthew 28:19153 votes
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
2 Timothy 2:1-3123 votes
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Acts 4:20112 votes
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Proverbs 14:2598 votes
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Acts 10:4287 votes
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.
Matthew 5:1581 votes
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Matthew 5:1377 votes
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Philippians 2:1576 votes
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Timothy 2:1-1576 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Romans 12:170 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 1:1656 votes
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.
2 Timothy 3:1655 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
1 Peter 2:1-2551 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Romans 10:14-1548 votes
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Matthew 28:18-2047 votes
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
John 8:3247 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Deuteronomy 19:1544 votes
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.
2 Timothy 1:1244 votes
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
John 5:3941 votes
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Mark 16:1540 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
What does the Bible say about being a witness?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:16 on the subject of being a witness. Across 4,415 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 1:8, 1 Peter 3:15, Acts 22:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.