Proverbs 14:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies [causeth] deceit.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַצִּ֣יל נְ֭פָשׁוֹת עֵ֣ד אֱמֶ֑ת וְיָפִ֖חַ כְּזָבִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

maṣṣîl nəpāšôt ʿēd ʾĕmet wə-yāpiaḥ kəzābîm mirmâ

Grammar Details

• *maṣṣîl*: masculine singular Hiphil participle - deliverer
• *nəpāšôt*: feminine plural noun - lives
• *ʿēd*: masculine singular noun - witness
• *ʾĕmet*: feminine singular noun - truth
• *wə-yāpiaḥ*: conjunction + masculine singular Qal participle - and one who breathes out
• *kəzābîm*: masculine plural noun - lies
• *mirmâ*: feminine singular noun - deceit

Word Meanings

• *maṣṣîl*: delivers/rescues/saves
• *nəpāšôt*: lives/souls/persons
• *ʿēd*: witness/testimony/evidence
• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *yāpiaḥ*: breathes out/utters/pours forth
• *kəzābîm*: lies/falsehoods/deceptions
• *mirmâ*: deceit/treachery/fraud

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I {G5288} shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
• Acts 26:16-20 : 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom {G3568} I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 3 forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
• 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,