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Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Thompson Chain Reference - Error;   Escape, No;   Liars;   No;   Sin;   Sin's;   Sin-Saviour;   Transgression;   Truth-Falsehood;   The Topic Concordance - Lying/lies;   Perishing;   Punishment;   Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lying;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lie;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Witness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Lie;   Slander;   Witness;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
Update Bible Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall not escape.
New Century Version
A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
World English Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
Amplified Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
English Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape.
English Revised Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Berean Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Contemporary English Version
Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
Complete Jewish Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.
Darby Translation
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Easy-to-Read Version
A witness who lies will be punished; that liar will not escape.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
King James Version (1611)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.
New Life Bible
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will not get away.
New Revised Standard
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
Good News Translation
If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.
Revised Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies will not escape.
Hebrew Names Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
King James Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Lexham English Bible
A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.
Literal Translation
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, a breather of lies shall not escape.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
THE MESSAGE
Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?
New American Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.
New King James Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will not escape.

Contextual Overview

5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

false: Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 21:28, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16-21, Psalms 120:3, Psalms 120:4, Daniel 6:24

unpunished: Heb. held innocent, Deuteronomy 5:11, 1 Kings 2:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:17 - General Deuteronomy 5:20 - General Deuteronomy 19:19 - Then shall Judges 11:13 - Because Israel 1 Samuel 22:9 - Doeg 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Psalms 52:5 - God Proverbs 12:17 - but Proverbs 14:5 - General Proverbs 24:28 - not Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Ezekiel 17:15 - shall he escape Daniel 11:32 - shall be Hosea 10:13 - eaten Revelation 21:8 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27
Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord .
Leviticus 18:22
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
Judges 19:22
They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him."
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished,.... He that bears false witness against his neighbour in an open court of judicature; though be may not be detected by men, and so escape the punishment due to such offenders by the laws of God and men; yet God, who knows all hearts and actions, will not suffer him to go with impunity; if not punished in this world, he shall be in the world to come; for bearing false witness, or perjury, is a grievous offence to God;

and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape; even he that useth himself to lying in private conversation shall not escape the reproach of men; for nothing is more scandalous than lying; nor the wrath of God, such shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, Revelation 21:8.


 
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