Bible verse

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 19:9 · BSB

Proverbs 19:9 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 19.

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

6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

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Proverbs 19:9 in other translations

KJV

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

ASV

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

ERV

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

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