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Proverbs 19:9

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

A false {H8267} witness {H5707} shall not be unpunished {H5352}, and he that speaketh {H6315} lies {H3577} shall perish {H6}.

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

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

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

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 22:15 (5 votes)

    For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Proverbs 19:5 (4 votes)

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

  • Revelation 21:8 (2 votes)

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • Jeremiah 23:25 (1 votes)

    I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

  • Jeremiah 23:32 (1 votes)

    Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 28:15 (1 votes)

    Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

  • Jeremiah 28:17 (1 votes)

    So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.