God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 19:9
9A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will die.
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
7The entire family of a poor person hates him. How much more do his friends keep their distance from him! When he chases them with words, they are gone. 8A person who gains sense loves himself. One who guards understanding finds something good. A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will die. 10Luxury does not fit a fool, much less a slave ruling princes. 11A person with good sense is patient, and it is to his credit that he overlooks an offense.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:9 word by word
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:9
- Proverbs 19:5A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will not escape.
- Isaiah 9:15Respected and honored leaders are the head. Prophets who teach lies are the tail.
- Jeremiah 23:25“I’ve heard the prophets who speak lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- Jeremiah 28:15Then Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Now listen, Hananiah, the Lord hasn’t sent you. You have made these people believe a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:31“Send this message to all the captives: ‘This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah from Nehelam: Shemaiah prophesied to you, but I didn’t send him. He has made you believe a lie.
- Ezekiel 13:22You have discouraged righteous people with your lies, even though I hadn’t brought them any grief. You encouraged wicked people not to turn from their wicked ways to save their lives.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the man of sin will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will destroy him by what he says. When the Lord Jesus comes, his appearance will put an end to this man.
- 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit says clearly that in later times some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe the teachings of demons.
- 2 Peter 2:1False prophets were among God’s people ⌞in the past⌟, as false teachers will be among you. They will secretly bring in their own destructive teachings. They will deny the Lord, who has bought them, and they will bring themselves swift destruction.
- Revelation 19:20The beast and the false prophet who had done miracles for the beast were captured. By these miracles the false prophet had deceived those who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Revelation 21:8But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:15Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.
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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