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Proverbs 6:19
19a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
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, hands that kill the innocent, 18a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family. 20My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. 21Keep their words always in 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 12:2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
- Psalms 19:5It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
- Psalms 25:18Feel my pain and see my trouble. Forgive all my sins.
- Exodus 20:16“You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
- Deuteronomy 19:16“If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime,
- 1 Kings 21:10And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence.
- Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
- Matthew 15:19For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
- Matthew 26:59Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.
- Acts 6:13The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
- Proverbs 6:14Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.
- Proverbs 16:28A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
- Proverbs 22:10Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too. Quarrels and insults will disappear.
- Proverbs 26:20Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
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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