Deuteronomy 13:12-14

Punishment of Community Idolatry

13:12 Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that 13:13 some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before). 13:14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

Deuteronomy 19:18

19:18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

Proverbs 25:2

25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,

and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

John 7:51

7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”