A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.
A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.