Proverbs 19:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will 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

Then the other said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, ‘Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’ ” But he was deceiving him.

1 Kings 2:9

Therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you must bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

Psalm 56:7

Do not deliver them for any reason; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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 14:25

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

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

Proverbs 6:19

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

Daniel 6:24

The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“ ‘You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.