Proverbs 19:9

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.”

— WEB

“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”

— KJV

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

— ASV

Bible Verses About Honesty

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Revelation 22:15 "Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."
Proverbs 19:5 "A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free."
Revelation 19:20 "The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the …"
Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,The word for “sorcerers” here also include…"
Jeremiah 28:15-17 "Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! Yahweh has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie."
2 Peter 2:1-3 "But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies…"
Ezekiel 13:22 "Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that h…"
1 Timothy 4:1-2 "But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines …"

Commentary

Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (Pro 19:5), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2. An addition to it in one word; there it was said, He that speaks lies shall not escape, and intimated that he shall be punished. Here it is said, His punishment shall be such as will be his destruction: he shall perish; the lies he forged against others will be his own ruin. It is a damning destroying sin.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

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