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Proverbs 21:28
28Anyone who tells lies in court will come to nothing. But if someone listens to the truth, his report will remain for ever.
Proverbs 21:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
- New International Version (NIV)A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A false witness shall perish, But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.
Context of Proverbs 21:28
26They think only about more things that they want for themselves. But righteous people are happy to give their things to other people. 27The Lord hates it when wicked people offer sacrifices to him. He hates it even more when they do it with an evil purpose. Anyone who tells lies in court will come to nothing. But if someone listens to the truth, his report will remain for ever. 29Wicked people do not show what they are really thinking. But righteous people think carefully about what they are doing. 30There is no wisdom, no knowledge and no advice that can win against the Lord.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:28 word by word
עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:28
- Proverbs 6:19A person who tells lies in court. A person who causes trouble in a family.
- Proverbs 19:5If you tell lies in court, the judge will certainly punish you. You will not go free!
- Proverbs 25:18Some people may tell lies about their neighbour in court. Those people are like dangerous weapons, like sharp swords or arrows.
- Exodus 23:1Do not make false reports. Do not tell lies in court to help wicked people.
- Deuteronomy 19:16Somebody may accuse another person because he wants to hurt him. He tells lies against him.
- Proverbs 12:19True words continue to be true for ever. But people quickly see that lies are lies.
- Acts 12:15The people in the house said to her, ‘You are crazy.’ But she told them again that Peter really was there. So then they said, ‘It is not him, but it is his angel.’
- 2 Corinthians 1:17I did not decide this in a careless way. I really wanted to do it. I do not decide to do things only to please myself, like someone who does not know God. I do not say ‘Yes,’ and then I immediately say ‘No’.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13This is written in the Bible: ‘I believed in God, and so I spoke.’ We also have the same kind of faith in God. So we also speak God's message, because we believe in him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Speaketh constantly - His testimony abides evermore who repeats simply what he has heard, whether from the lips of men or from the voice within, in contrast with “the false witness.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28Verse 28 The doom of a false witness is certain.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. (Compare Pr 19:5). that heareth--or heeds instruction, and so grows wise. speaketh constantly--or sincerely (compare Ha 1:5), and hence is believed (Pr 12:19; Jas 1:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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