Proverbs 14:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁵ A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ A true witness delivereth souls: But a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ A truthful witness saves lives, but a deceitful witness speaks lies [and endangers lives].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Common English Bible

²⁵ A truthful witness saves lives, but a deceiver proclaims lies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ A faithful witness frees souls. And the chameleon utters lies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 14:25 Cross References

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance to God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:3

First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions