Proverbs 21:28

New English Translation

A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

Cross References

Exodus 23:1

“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 12:19

The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

Acts 12:15

But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”

2 Corinthians 4:13

But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak.

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.