Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
A false witness shall not be unpunished,.... He that bears false witness against his neighbour in an open court of judicature; though be may not be detected by men, and so escape the punishment due to…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Here we have, 1. The sins threatened - bearing false witness in judgment and speaking lies in common conversation. Men could not arrive at such a pitch of impiety as to bear false witness (where to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
speaketh Lit. breatheth out; and so in Pro 19:19 below.
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