Proverbs 19:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished, And he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Common English Bible

⁹ False witnesses won’t go unpunished, and liars will perish.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will perish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

Proverbs 19:9 Cross References

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 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.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,

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.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.