Proverbs 14:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

📖 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 will utter lies.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
• Acts 26:16-20 : 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
• 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,