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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 19:9
The person who tells lies gets caught; the person who spreads rumors is ruined.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.
Hebrew Names Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
King James Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
English Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
New American Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will perish.
New Century Version
A witness who lies will not go free, liars will die.
A witness who lies will not go free, liars will die.
Amplified Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes lies will perish.
World English Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will perish.
Berean Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Contemporary English Version
Dishonest witnesses and liars will be destroyed.
Dishonest witnesses and liars will be destroyed.
Complete Jewish Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.
Darby Translation
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Easy-to-Read Version
A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed.
A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he who speaks lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he who speaks lies shall perish.
Good News Translation
No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.
No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.
Lexham English Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.
Literal Translation
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, he who speaks lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, he who speaks lies shall perish.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.
King James Version (1611)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished, and hee that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished, and hee that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
English Revised Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische.
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische.
Update Bible Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall perish.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
New English Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
New King James Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
New Living Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
New Life Bible
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will be lost.
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will be lost.
New Revised Standard
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
Revised Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.
Contextual Overview
9 The person who tells lies gets caught; the person who spreads rumors is ruined.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
false: Proverbs 19:5
and: Isaiah 9:15-17, Jeremiah 23:25-32, Jeremiah 28:15-17, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32, Ezekiel 13:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 4:2, 2 Peter 2:1-3, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:17 - General Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness Deuteronomy 5:20 - General Deuteronomy 19:19 - Then shall Judges 11:13 - Because Israel 2 Samuel 19:6 - thou regardest 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Psalms 34:13 - speaking Psalms 52:5 - God Psalms 120:4 - arrows Proverbs 6:19 - A false Proverbs 12:19 - but Proverbs 14:5 - General Proverbs 21:28 - false witness Proverbs 24:28 - not
Cross-References
Genesis 11:6
God took one look and said, "One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they'll come up with next—they'll stop at nothing! Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other." Then God scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That's how it came to be called Babel, because there God turned their language into "babble." From there God scattered them all over the world.
God took one look and said, "One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they'll come up with next—they'll stop at nothing! Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other." Then God scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That's how it came to be called Babel, because there God turned their language into "babble." From there God scattered them all over the world.
Genesis 13:12
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold. He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God . Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time. Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left." Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom.
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold. He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God . Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time. Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left." Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom.
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.
Exodus 2:14
The man shot back: "Who do you think you are, telling us what to do? Are you going to kill me the way you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses panicked: "Word's gotten out—people know about this."
The man shot back: "Who do you think you are, telling us what to do? Are you going to kill me the way you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses panicked: "Word's gotten out—people know about this."
1 Samuel 17:44
"Come on," said the Philistine. "I'll make roadkill of you for the buzzards. I'll turn you into a tasty morsel for the field mice."
"Come on," said the Philistine. "I'll make roadkill of you for the buzzards. I'll turn you into a tasty morsel for the field mice."
Proverbs 14:16
The wise watch their steps and avoid evil; fools are headstrong and reckless.
The wise watch their steps and avoid evil; fools are headstrong and reckless.
Proverbs 17:12
Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.
Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.
Proverbs 27:3
Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.
Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.
Matthew 7:6
"Don't be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don't reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you're only being cute and inviting sacrilege.
"Don't be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don't reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you're only being cute and inviting sacrilege.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished,....
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and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish; or "be lost", shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have his part in the lake of fire: they that speak lies in hypocrisy, doctrinal ones, and are given up to believe and profess them, such shall be damned, 2 Thessalonians 2:11.
