New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 6:19
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
Context of Proverbs 6:19
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, 18A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. 20My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; 21Bind them continually on your heart; 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
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:19
- Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 19:5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
- Psalms 25:18Look upon 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 bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,
- 1 Kings 21:10and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as 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, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
- Acts 6:13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;
- Proverbs 6:14Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.
- Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
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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