Proverbs 14:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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 men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him: and the men of Belial bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1

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

Proverbs 12:17

He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness, But a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 14:25

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

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing;

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

Revelation 3:14

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: