Proverbs 6:19

American Standard Version (1901)

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
  • 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • Deut 19:16-20 : 16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-15 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

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    17He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

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    18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

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