New King James Version
Proverbs 6:19
19A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
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 Living Translation (NLT)a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Context of Proverbs 6:19
17A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, 18A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. 20My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother. 21Bind them continually upon 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:19
- Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 19:5Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
- Psalms 25:18Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
- 1 Kings 21:10and seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear witness against him, saying, “You have blasphemed God and the king.” Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.
- Psalms 27:12Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
- Acts 6:13They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
- Proverbs 6:14Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
- Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
- Proverbs 26:20Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
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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