Proverbs 14:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie: But a false witness will utter lies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness breathes out falsehoods.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

Common English Bible

⁵ A truthful witness doesn’t lie, but a false witness spews lies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie. But a deceitful witness offers a lie.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.

Proverbs 14:5 Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 12:17

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

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 14:25

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

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If a malicious witness rises against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in La-odicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.