Proverbs 21:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A false witness will perish, but a good listener will testify successfully.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A false witness shall perish: But the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears attentively will endure and go unchallenged.

American Standard Version (1901)

A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

Common English Bible

A lying witness will perish, but one who listens will testify successfully.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A lying witness will perish. An obedient man shall speak of victory.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 21:28 Cross References

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

Acts 12:15

They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

2 Corinthians 4:13

But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and therefore we also speak,

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.