Proverbs 19:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, And he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. [Exod. 23:1; Deut. 19:16-19; Prov. 6:19; 21:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Common English Bible

⁵ A false witness won’t go unpunished, and a liar won’t escape.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will not escape.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 19:5 Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Psalm 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity? In thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Proverbs 14:25

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

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

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Deuteronomy 5:11

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.