Verse 17

A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye.
  • Prov 14:25 : 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 Ahimelech aunswered the king, and sayde: Who is so faithfull among all thy seruauntes, as Dauid, and therto the kinges sonne in lawe: and goeth at thy bidding, and is had in honour in thyne house? 15 Haue I this day begun first to aske councell of God for him? That be farre from me: Let not the king impute any thing vnto his seruaut, nor to all ye house of my father: For thy seruaunt knewe nothing of all this, either lesse or more.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:28 : 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 The chiefe priestes, and elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus, for to put hym to death,
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 And brought foorth false witnesses, which sayde: This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.