Proverbs 19:9
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Read in contextProverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1–3
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15–17
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.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:8–10
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Read in contextIsaiah 9:15–17
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
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