Proverbs 21:28

The Message

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

Cross References

Exodus 23:1

“Don’t pass on malicious gossip. “Don’t link up with a wicked person and give corrupt testimony. Don’t go along with the crowd in doing evil and don’t mess up your testimony in a case just to please the crowd. And just because someone is poor, don’t show favoritism in a dispute.

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 19:9

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

Proverbs 25:18

Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.

Acts 12:15

But they wouldn’t believe her, dismissing her, dismissing her report. “You’re crazy,” they said. She stuck by her story, insisting. They still wouldn’t believe her and said, “It must be his angel.” All this time poor Peter was standing out in the street, knocking away.

2 Corinthians 4:13

We’re not keeping this quiet, not on your life. Just like the psalmist who wrote, “I believed it, so I said it,” we say what we believe. And what we believe is that the One who raised up the Master Jesus will just as certainly raise us up with you, alive. Every detail works to your advantage and to God’s glory: more and more grace, more and more people, more and more praise!