Proverbs 14:5

Proverbs 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
• New International Version (NIV)An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
• New Living Translation (NLT)An honest witness does not lie; a false witness breathes lies.

Context of Proverbs 14:5

3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them. 4Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox. A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies. 6A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands. 7Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:5 word by word

עֵ֣ד אֱ֭מוּנִים לֹ֣א יְכַזֵּ֑ב וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A faithfulאֵמֻן'êmûn · faithfulH529
• witnessעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• will not lieכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• but a falseשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• will utterפּוּחַpûach · to breatheH6315
• liesכָּזַבkâzab · to lieH3576

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:5

• Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
• Proverbs 6:19A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
• Proverbs 12:17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.
• Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
• Exodus 20:16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Exodus 23:1“You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• 1 Kings 21:13And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has blasphemed God and the king!” Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
• 1 Kings 22:12And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.”

Commentaries on Proverbs 14:5

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 A conscientious witness will not dare to represent anything otherwise than according to his knowledge.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Honest speech and lies both come from a person's character. Compare Proverbs 12:17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. A faithful witness, &c.--one tested to be such. utter lies--or, "breathe out lies"--that is, habitually lies (Pr 6:19; compare Ac 9:1). Or the sense is, that habitual truthfulness, or lying, will be evinced in witness-bearing.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 14:5

• False Teachers
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings