Proverbs 19:9
Good News Translation
No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.

New Revised Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Contemporary English Version
Dishonest witnesses and liars will be destroyed.

New American Bible
The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will perish.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

FALSE

Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.

and

Isaiah 9:15-17 The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. . . .

Jeremiah 23:25-32 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed. . . .

Jeremiah 28:15-17 And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hananias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie. . . .

Jeremiah 29:31,32 Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath caused you to trust in a lie: . . .

Ezekiel 13:22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way, and live.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10 And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him . . .

1 Timothy 4:1,2 Now the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error and doctrines of devils, . . .

2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . .

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15 Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and servers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

Context
The Man of Integrity
8But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things. 9A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.10Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:19
My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.

Proverbs 21:28
A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.

Daniel 6:24
And 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.

Proverbs 19:8
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