Proverbs 21:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
  • Acts 12:15 : 15 and they said unto her, `Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming `it' to be so, and they said, `It is his messenger;'
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no? 18 and God `is' faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No, 19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes; 20 for as many as `are' promises of God, in him `are' the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
  • 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 Stedfast `is' the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
  • Deut 19:16-19 : 16 `When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy, 17 then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, 18 and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: 19 `Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of 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 19:9
    83%

    9A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

  • Prov 12:17-19
    3 verses
    79%

    17Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

    18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

    19The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

  • Prov 19:5
    78%

    5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

  • Prov 14:5
    77%

    5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

  • Prov 14:25
    76%

    25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Prov 25:18
    74%

    18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

    16`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

  • Prov 19:28
    72%

    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 21:29
    72%

    29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

  • Prov 6:19
    71%

    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Deut 19:18
    70%

    18and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

  • Num 35:30
    69%

    30whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.

  • Exod 23:1
    68%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

  • Prov 24:28
    68%

    28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

  • Prov 15:31
    68%

    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

  • Deut 17:6
    68%

    6By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;

  • Prov 26:28
    68%

    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • Prov 29:24
    68%

    24Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

  • Prov 10:18
    68%

    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Prov 15:28
    68%

    28The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

  • Ps 5:6
    67%

    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Prov 10:9
    67%

    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

  • Prov 17:20
    67%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 16:28
    67%

    28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

  • Isa 29:21
    66%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Prov 21:6
    66%

    6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

  • Prov 13:2
    66%

    2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

  • Exod 20:16
    66%

    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 28:18
    66%

    18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

  • Prov 21:27
    66%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

  • Job 13:17
    66%

    17Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

  • Job 15:6
    66%

    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Matt 18:16
    66%

    16and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

  • Prov 28:28
    66%

    28In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

  • Lev 5:1
    66%

    1`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he `is' witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

  • Prov 10:31
    66%

    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Prov 13:5
    66%

    5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

  • Prov 18:8
    65%

    8The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

  • Ps 15:2
    65%

    2He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

  • Ps 41:6
    65%

    6And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

  • Prov 29:12
    65%

    12A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers `are' wicked.

  • Mark 14:57
    65%

    57And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying --

  • Prov 30:6
    65%

    6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • Prov 20:19
    65%

    19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety.

  • Ps 35:11
    65%

    11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.