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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 19:5
Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?
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Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies will not escape.
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.
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.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
English Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
New American Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.
New Century Version
A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.
A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.
Amplified Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
World English Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Berean Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
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.
Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment.
Complete Jewish Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.
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.
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.
A witness who lies will be punished; that liar will not escape.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
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.
If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.
Lexham English Bible
A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.
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.
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, a breather of lies shall not escape.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
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.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
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.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
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.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
English Revised Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape.
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape.
Update Bible Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall not escape.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
New English Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
New King James Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
New Living Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
New Life Bible
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will not get away.
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.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.
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.
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.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.
Contextual Overview
5 Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?
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 was high in the sky when Lot arrived at Zoar.
The sun was high in the sky when Lot arrived at Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from God out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.
Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from God out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27
Abraham got up early the next morning and went to the place he had so recently stood with God . He looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah, surveying the whole plain. All he could see was smoke belching from the Earth, like smoke from a furnace.
Abraham got up early the next morning and went to the place he had so recently stood with God . He looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah, surveying the whole plain. All he could see was smoke belching from the Earth, like smoke from a furnace.
Leviticus 18:22
"Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
"Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
Leviticus 20:13
"If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is abhorrent. They must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.
"If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is abhorrent. They must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.
Judges 19:22
They were relaxed and enjoying themselves when the men of the city, a gang of local hell-raisers all, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They yelled for the owner of the house, the old man, "Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him."
They were relaxed and enjoying themselves when the men of the city, a gang of local hell-raisers all, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They yelled for the owner of the house, the old man, "Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him."
Ezekiel 16:49
"‘The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them.
"‘The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them.
Ezekiel 16:51
"‘And Samaria. Samaria didn't sin half as much as you. You've committed far more obscenities than she ever did. Why, you make your two sisters look good in comparison with what you've done! Face it, your sisters look mighty good compared with you. Because you've outsinned them so completely, you've actually made them look righteous. Aren't you ashamed? But you're going to have to live with it. What a reputation to carry into history: outsinning your two sisters!
"‘And Samaria. Samaria didn't sin half as much as you. You've committed far more obscenities than she ever did. Why, you make your two sisters look good in comparison with what you've done! Face it, your sisters look mighty good compared with you. Because you've outsinned them so completely, you've actually made them look righteous. Aren't you ashamed? But you're going to have to live with it. What a reputation to carry into history: outsinning your two sisters!
1 Corinthians 6:9
Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit.
Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit.
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.
