Verse 17

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:5 : 5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
• Prov 14:25 : 25 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
• 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house? 15 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more."
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
• Prov 19:28 : 28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
• Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
• Prov 24:28 : 28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
• Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
• Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.