Proverbs 21:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A false witness will perish, but a good listener will testify successfully.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:13

But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and therefore we also speak,

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.

Acts 12:15

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

Proverbs 25:18

Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.