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Proverbs 19:5

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¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

A false {H8267} witness {H5707} shall not be unpunished {H5352}, and he that speaketh {H6315} lies {H3577} shall not escape {H4422}.

A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 21:28 (8 votes)

    ¶ A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

  • Proverbs 6:19 (6 votes)

    A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Proverbs 19:9 (6 votes)

    ¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

  • Exodus 23:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

  • Daniel 6:24 (3 votes)

    And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

  • Deuteronomy 5:11 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Deuteronomy 19:16 (3 votes)

    If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him [that which is] wrong;