Proverbs 19:9

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A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

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  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
  • Isa 9:15-17 : 15 The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. 16 The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. 17 So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
  • Jer 23:25-32 : 25 The LORD says,“I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying,‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’ 26 Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds. 27 How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal. 28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it! 29 My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the LORD, so affirm it! 30 So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me. 31 I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare,‘The LORD declares….’ 32 I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah,“Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie! 16 So the LORD says,‘I will most assuredly remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the LORD.’” 17 In the seventh month of that very same year the prophet Hananiah died.
  • Jer 29:31-32 : 31 “Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them,‘The LORD has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite.“Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie. 32 Because he has done this,” the LORD says,“I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the LORD, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the LORD.”’”
  • Ezek 13:22 : 22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies(although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.
  • 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival. 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
  • 1 Tim 4:1-2 : 1 Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!

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  • Prov 19:5
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    5A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

  • Prov 21:28
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    28A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • Prov 14:25
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    25A truthful witness rescues lives, but one who testifies falsely betrays them.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Deut 19:15-16
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    76%

    15A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

    16If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

  • Prov 25:18
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    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Deut 19:18
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    18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

  • Prov 12:19
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    19The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

  • Ps 101:7
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    7Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Exod 23:1
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    1Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    72%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 21:6-7
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    72%

    6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    72%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

    10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 29:12
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    12If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

  • Prov 12:22
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    22The LORD abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

  • Prov 30:6
    71%

    6Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

  • Prov 26:28
    71%

    28A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

  • Prov 13:5
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    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

  • Exod 23:7
    69%

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Deut 17:6
    69%

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

  • Num 35:30
    69%

    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

  • Prov 11:19
    69%

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Job 15:6
    69%

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

  • Prov 19:16
    69%

    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 26:19
    69%

    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Ps 35:11
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    11Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

  • Ps 31:18
    69%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 29:24
    68%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Prov 23:9
    68%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.