Proverbs 14:5
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A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.

Proverbs 4:25 Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.

Proverbs 6:19 My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 12:17 He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.

Proverbs 13:5 The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.

Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape. . . .

Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

1 Kings 21:13 And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people: saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.

1 Kings 22:12-14 And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hands. . . .

Context
The Wise Woman
4Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest. 5A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.…
Cross References
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood

Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Deuteronomy 19:16
If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,

Proverbs 6:19
My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.

Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.

Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

Proverbs 14:25
A faithful witness delivereth souls: and the double dealer uttereth lies.

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

Lexicon
An honest
אֱ֭מוּנִים (’ĕ·mū·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 529: Established, trusty, trustworthiness

witness
עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

does not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

deceive,
יְכַזֵּ֑ב (yə·ḵaz·zêḇ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3576: To lie, be a liar

but a dishonest
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

witness
עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

pours forth
וְיָפִ֥יחַ (wə·yā·p̄î·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6315: To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff

lies.
כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים (kə·zā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing


Additional Translations
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.

A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness uttereth lies.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
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