Proverbs 19:5

Revised Standard Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” But he lied to him.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

Psalm 56:7

so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 14:25

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“ ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.