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Proverbs 19:9

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

A false witness shall not be unpunished,.... See Gill on Pro 19:5;

and he that speaketh lies shall perish; or "be lost", shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (Pro 19:5), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

shall perish We have, shall not escape, in the otherwise identical proverb of Pro 19:19 above.