Proverbs 19:9

In 11 translations

BSB

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

KJV

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

WEB

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

ASV

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

LSV

A false witness is not acquitted, || And whoever breathes out lies perishes.

YLT

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

DBY

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

DRC

A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

GNV

A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.

JPS

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.

LXXE

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃

LXX-Br

Μάρτυς ψευδὴς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, ὃς δʼ ἂν ἐκκαύσῃ κακίαν, ἀπολεῖται ὑπʼ αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
• 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
• Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
• Jeremiah 28:15–17Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie. Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove…
• Jeremiah 29:31–32“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie, this is what the LORD…
• Jeremiah 23:25–32“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8–10And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of…
• Isaiah 9:15–17The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up. Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in…
• Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
• 1 Timothy 4:1–2Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

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