Proverbs 21:28

Modern English Version

A lying witness will perish, but a man who listens will speak forever.

Cross References

Exodus 23:1

You must not give a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will endure for a moment.

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, so is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Acts 12:15

They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she insisted that it was really so. So they said, “It is his angel.”

2 Corinthians 4:13

We have the same spirit of faith. As it is written, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken.” So we also believe and therefore speak,

Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you constantly to affirm, so that those who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to everyone.