Proverbs 19:9
7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- KJV
- A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- WEB
- A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
- ASV
- A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
- DARBY
- A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
- BLB
- A witness of falsehoods will not be acquitted, and the one breathing out lies will perish.
- ÅB
- Et falskt vitne skal ikke bli ustraffet, og den som taler løgn, skal omkomme.
- OTB
- Et falskt vitne skal ikke gå ustraffet, og den som sprer løgner, skal møte sin ende.
- B1930
- Et falskt vidne skal ikke bli ustraffet, og den som taler løgn, skal omkomme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Read in contextProverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1–3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15–17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:8–10
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:15–17
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
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