Both the Old and New Testaments teach us that we should have more than one witness before we accept an accusation against anyone. This makes it much more difficult to bare false witness against a person.
Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.It is possible for a group of people to collaborate and bring a false accusation. In that case, we trust the Lord to defend us (Prov. 19:5,9; Ps. 34:1-22).
(1 Tim. 5:19-20)
One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.
If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
And the judges shall make diligent inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil person from among you. And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you.
(Deut. 19:15-20)
Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.
(Num. 35:30)
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