Proverbs 19:9

World English Bible (2000)

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
  • Isa 9:15-17 : 15 The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. 16 For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed. 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Jer 23:25-32 : 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal. 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh. 29 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says. 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
  • Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie; 32 therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
  • Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:
  • 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 1 Tim 4:1-2 : 1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. 2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned. 3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 19:5
    90%

    5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

  • Prov 21:28
    83%

    28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

  • Prov 14:5
    83%

    5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

  • Prov 14:25
    81%

    25 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

  • Prov 12:17
    79%

    17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

  • Prov 6:19
    78%

    19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

    16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Deut 19:18
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:19
    74%

    19 Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

  • Ps 101:7
    73%

    7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Exod 23:1
    72%

    1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • Prov 21:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Prov 29:12
    72%

    12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

  • Ps 5:6
    71%

    6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Prov 24:28
    71%

    28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

  • Prov 19:10
    71%

    10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 12:22
    71%

    22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

  • Prov 30:6
    71%

    6 Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

  • Prov 26:28
    71%

    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 17:7
    70%

    7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

  • Prov 13:5
    70%

    5 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

  • Ps 120:3
    70%

    3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

  • Prov 19:1
    70%

    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Jer 9:5
    70%

    5 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 19:8
    70%

    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Deut 5:20
    70%

    20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Exod 23:7
    69%

    7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Deut 17:6
    69%

    6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

  • Num 35:30
    69%

    30 "'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Prov 11:19
    69%

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Job 15:6
    69%

    6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 26:19
    69%

    19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"

  • Ps 35:11
    69%

    11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

  • Ps 31:18
    69%

    18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Prov 29:24
    68%

    24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Prov 23:9
    68%

    9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Ps 36:3
    68%

    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.