Proverbs 19:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall 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

And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.

Psalm 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

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 14:25

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

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness shall perish: But the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged.

Proverbs 6:19

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

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Deuteronomy 5:11

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.