Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 14:5 in other translations
| BSB | An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies. |
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| WEB | A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies. |
| ASV | A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies. |
| YLT | A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies. |
| DARBY | A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies. |
| BBE | A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit. |
| Webster | A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. |
What does Proverbs 14:5 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 14:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 14:5
- Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
- Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
- Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- 1 Kings 22:12-14
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth–gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
- Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- 1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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Context
- Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
- Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 14:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El testigo verdadero no mentirá: mas el testigo falso hablará mentiras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le témoin fidèle ne ment pas, mais le faux témoin profère des mensonges. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein treuer Zeuge lügt nicht, aber ein falscher Zeuge spricht Lügen aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Testis fidelis non mentitur; profert autem mendacium dolosus testis. |