English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:19
19a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 6:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- New International Version (NIV)a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
- New Living Translation (NLT)a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Context of Proverbs 6:19
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. 20My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. 21Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:19 word by word
יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:19
- Psalms 12:2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 19:5which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
- Psalms 25:18Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
- Exodus 20:16"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,
- 1 Kings 21:10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
- Psalms 27:12Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
- Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
- Proverbs 6:14with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
- Proverbs 16:28A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
- Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-19Verses 16-19 A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; 2; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19A false witness distorts the truth in court or in daily conversation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- 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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