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Proverbs 6:19
19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Proverbs 6:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 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.
- 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, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. 20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
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יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:19
- Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
- Psalms 19:5It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
- Psalms 25:18Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
- Exodus 20:16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
- 1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
- Psalms 35:11Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
- Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
- Acts 6:13They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Proverbs 6:14who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies 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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