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Proverbs 14:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.Proverbs 14:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:5 in context
3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- faithfulʼêmûwnestablishedH529 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- falsesheqeran untruthH8267 →
- utterpûwachto puffH6315 →
- liekâzâbfalsehoodH3577 →
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In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary