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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A false
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
shall not be unpunished
naqah (Hebrew #5352)
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
KJV usage: acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, X by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, X utterly, X wholly.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and he that speaketh
puwach (Hebrew #6315)
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
KJV usage: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Pronounce: poo'akh
Origin: a primitive root
lies
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
shall perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 19:5• 5A false witness shall not be unpunished,{HR}And an utterer of lies shall not escape. (Prov. 19:5)
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Isa. 9:15‑17• 15The elder and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
 16For the leaders of this people mislead [them]; and [they that are] led by them are swallowed up.
 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on the fatherless and widows. For everyone [is] a hypocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still. (Isa. 9:15‑17)
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Jer. 23:25‑32• 25{i}I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.{/i}
 26{i}How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?{/i}
 27{i}who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.{/i}
 28{i}The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.{/i}
 29Is not my word like as a fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
 30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
 31Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
 32Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:25‑32)
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Jer. 28:15‑17• 15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against Jehovah.
 17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. (Jer. 28:15‑17)
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Jer. 29:31‑32• 31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
 32therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 29:31‑32)
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Ezek. 13:22• 22Because ye sadden with falsehood the heart of the righteous whom I have not saddened, and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way that I should save his life. (Ezek. 13:22)
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2 Thess. 2:8‑10• 8and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
 10and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. (2 Thess. 2:8‑10)
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1 Tim. 4:1‑2• 1But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
 2by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience, (1 Tim. 4:1‑2)
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2 Peter 2:1‑3• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
 2and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
 3And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)
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Rev. 19:20• 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without {i}are{/i} the dogs and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and every one that loveth and practiceth a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
• The passage is not exactly a repetition of verse 5. There, we are reminded that the liar shall not escape. Here, we are told what his doom shall be. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

W. Kelly Translation

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A false witness shall not be held innocent,{HR}And one uttering lies shall perish.