New King James Version
Proverbs 19:9
9A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
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 Living Translation (NLT)A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
Context of Proverbs 19:9
7All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him. 8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish. 10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes. 11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:9 word by word
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:9
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
- Isaiah 9:15The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
- Jeremiah 23:25“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’
- Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:31Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie—
- Ezekiel 13:22“Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
- Revelation 19:20Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Revelation 21:8But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:15But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
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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