Proverbs 19:5Vote For Proverbs 19:5

King James Version (KJV)
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
World English Bible (WEB)
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Proverbs 19:5 Cross References

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.