Proverbs 6:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

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  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true. 15 This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One. 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there. 10 So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
  • Deut 19:16-20 : 16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong, 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother, 19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you. 20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-15 : 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. 11 So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them. 12 They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death. 14 And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead. 15 Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

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    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27 A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

    28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

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    9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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    5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

  • Prov 6:17-18
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    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

    18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

  • Prov 14:25
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    25 A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

  • Deut 19:16
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    16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

  • Deut 19:18-19
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    18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

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    4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

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    19 The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

    20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

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    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

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    19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

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    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

  • Prov 19:26-28
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    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

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    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

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    18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.