Proverbs 19:9

The Message

The person who tells lies gets caught; the person who spreads rumors is ruined.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truth lasts; lies are here today, gone tomorrow.

Proverbs 19:5

Perjury won’t go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?

Proverbs 21:28

A lying witness is unconvincing; a person who speaks truth is respected.

Ezekiel 13:22

“‘Because you’ve confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting and innocent people, with your lies, and because you’ve made it easy for others to persist in evil so that it wouldn’t even dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them, as of now you’re finished. No more delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I’m going to rescue my people from your clutches. And you’ll realize that I am God.’”

Daniel 6:24

Then the king commanded that the conspirators who had informed on Daniel be thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. Before they hit the floor, the lions had them in their jaws, tearing them to pieces.