THEOSISProverbs 19:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִמָּלֵֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:28A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.
- Prov 6:19A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
- Prov 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
- Ex 23:1Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.
- Dan 6:24And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces.
- Deut 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing.
- Deut 19:16If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,
- Deut 19:21Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.