Verse 17

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
• Prov 14:25 : 25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
• 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants `is' as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house? 15 To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.'
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
• Prov 19:28 : 28 A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
• Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
• Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
• Matt 15:19 : 19 for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
• Matt 26:59 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
• Acts 6:13 : 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;