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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 6:19
A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
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Christian Standard Bible®
a lying witness who gives false testimony,and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
a lying witness who gives false testimony,and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
Hebrew Names Version
A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
King James Version
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
English Standard Version
a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
New Century Version
a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.
a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.
New English Translation
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
Amplified Bible
A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths], And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.
A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths], And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.
New American Standard Bible
A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness who breathes out lies,And one who spreads strife among brothers.
A false witness who breathes out lies,And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Berean Standard Bible
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Contemporary English Version
those who tell lies in court or stir up trouble in a family.
those who tell lies in court or stir up trouble in a family.
Complete Jewish Bible
a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.
a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.
Darby Translation
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
Easy-to-Read Version
witnesses in court who tell lies, and anyone who causes family members to fight.
witnesses in court who tell lies, and anyone who causes family members to fight.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
A false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord between brothers.
a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord between brothers.
Literal Translation
a false witness who breathes lies, and he who causes strife among brothers.
a false witness who breathes lies, and he who causes strife among brothers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.
a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.
American Standard Version
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
King James Version (1611)
A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.
An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.
English Revised Version
A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.
a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.
Update Bible Version
A false witness that utters lies, And he that sows discord among brothers.
A false witness that utters lies, And he that sows discord among brothers.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
New King James Version
A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
New Living Translation
a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
New Life Bible
a person who tells lies about someone else, and one who starts fights among brothers.
a person who tells lies about someone else, and one who starts fights among brothers.
New Revised Standard
a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.
a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
Revised Standard Version
a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Contextual Overview
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who motions with his fingers; 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord. 15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. 16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood; 18 A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
A false: Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 25:18, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16-20, 1 Kings 21:10-15, Psalms 27:12, Psalms 35:11, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 26:59, Acts 6:13
that soweth: Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 22:10, Proverbs 26:20, 2 Timothy 2:23, James 3:14-16, James 3:18, 3 John 1:9, 3 John 1:10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 5:20 - General 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Proverbs 14:5 - General Proverbs 18:19 - brother Proverbs 21:28 - false witness Jeremiah 9:4 - walk Galatians 6:7 - for Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking Titus 3:2 - speak James 3:6 - a world
Cross-References
Genesis 6:2
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 6:3
Yahweh said, "My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
Yahweh said, "My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
Genesis 6:9
This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:16
You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
Psalms 36:6
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A false witness [that] speaketh lies,.... Or, "that speaketh lies, [even] a false witness" f; and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing false witness against one's neighbour, a breach of the eighth command. It may be rendered, "he that bloweth lies" g; that raises lies, and spreads them abroad, and swears to them, to the damage of others. This makes the sixth; and the seventh follows,
and him that soweth discord among brethren; whether in a natural relation, or in a civil society, or in a religious community.
f So Vatablus, Mercerus, &c. g יפיח כזבים "qui efflat mendacia", Piscator, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; Amos 2:0; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the seven in this instance belong to one man, the man of Belial Proverbs 6:12.
