American Standard Version
Proverbs 19:9
9A false witness shall not be unpunished;And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- New International Version (NIV)A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
Context of Proverbs 19:9
7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone. 8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good. A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish. 10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes. 11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:9 word by word
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:9
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
- Isaiah 9:15The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
- Jeremiah 28:15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;
- Ezekiel 13:22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
- 1 Timothy 4:1But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
- 2 Peter 2:1But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
- Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
- Revelation 21:8But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:9
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9Verse 9 Lying is a damning, destroying sin.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The mention of a false witness (see also Proverbs 19:5) reminds us of the ninth commandment (Exodus 20:16), you shall not bear false witness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29Pr 19:1-29. 1. (Compare Pr 28:6). "Rich" for fool here. Integrity is better than riches (Pr 15:16, 17; 16:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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