Proverbs 21:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.

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  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.
  • Acts 12:15 : 15 And they sayde vnto her: thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is his Angel.
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 When I therfore was thus mynded, did I vse lightnesse? or mynde I carnally those thynges whiche I mynde, that with me shoulde be yea yea, & nay nay? 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay. 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs, euen by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in hym it was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God, through vs.
  • 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth (accordyng as it is written, I beleued, and therefore haue I spoken) We also beleue, and therefore speake.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.
  • Deut 19:16-19 : 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse: 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes: 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother: 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:9
    83%

    9A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.

  • Prov 12:17-19
    3 verses
    79%

    17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

    18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

    19The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.

  • Prov 19:5
    78%

    5A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.

  • Prov 14:5
    77%

    5A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

  • Prov 14:25
    76%

    25A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes.

  • Prov 25:18
    74%

    18Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15One witnesse shall not rise agaynst a man for any maner trespasse, or for any maner sinne, or for any maner fault that he offendeth in: but at the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished.

    16If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse:

  • Prov 19:28
    72%

    28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 21:29
    72%

    29An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way.

  • Prov 6:19
    71%

    19A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • Deut 19:18
    70%

    18And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother:

  • Num 35:30
    69%

    30Whoso kylleth any person, the Iudge shall put the murtherer to death thorowe wytnesses: but one wytnesse shall not testifie agaynst any person, to cause hym to dye.

  • Exod 23:1
    68%

    1Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

  • Prov 24:28
    68%

    28Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

  • Prov 15:31
    68%

    31The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.

  • Deut 17:6
    68%

    6At the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death, dye: and at the mouth of one witnesse, let no man dye.

  • Prov 26:28
    68%

    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 29:24
    68%

    24Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth.

  • Prov 10:18
    68%

    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 15:28
    68%

    28The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.

  • Ps 5:6
    67%

    6Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

  • Prov 10:9
    67%

    9He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.

  • Prov 17:20
    67%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 16:28
    67%

    28A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

  • Isa 29:21
    66%

    21Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • Prov 21:6
    66%

    6To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 13:2
    66%

    2Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

  • Exod 20:16
    66%

    16Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

  • Prov 28:18
    66%

    18Whoso leadeth an innocent life, shalbe saued: but he that goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall.

  • Prov 21:27
    66%

    27The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?

  • Job 13:17
    66%

    17Heare diligently my wordes, and ponder my sayinges with your eares.

  • Job 15:6
    66%

    6Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

  • Matt 18:16
    66%

    16But yf he heare thee not, then take yet with thee one or two: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, euery worde may be stablyshed.

  • Prov 28:28
    66%

    28When the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hide themselues: but when they perishe, the ryghteous encrease.

  • Lev 5:1
    66%

    1If a soule sinne, and heare the voyce of swearing, and is a witnesse, whether he hath seene or knowen of it, if he do not vtter it, he shall beare his sinne.

  • Prov 10:31
    66%

    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Prov 13:5
    66%

    5A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

  • Prov 18:8
    65%

    8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.

  • Ps 15:2
    65%

    2Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: and doth the thyng that is iust, and speaketh the trueth from his heart.

  • Ps 41:6
    65%

    6But yf any of them came to visite me, he spake vanitie: his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe, & when he came foorth a doores he vttered it.

  • Prov 29:12
    65%

    12If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

  • Mark 14:57
    65%

    57And there arose certayne, and brought false witnesse agaynst hym, saying.

  • Prov 30:6
    65%

    6Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.

  • Prov 20:19
    65%

    19The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.

  • Ps 35:11
    65%

    11False witnesse did rise vp: they layde thinges to my charge that I know not.