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Proverbs 19:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.Proverbs 19:9 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:9 in context
7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- unpunishednâqâhto be cleanH5352 →
- speakethpûwachto puffH6315 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- falsesheqeran untruthH8267 →
- lieskâzâbfalsehoodH3577 →
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Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (Pro 19:5), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2. An addition to it in one word;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary