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Proverbs 6:19

a false witness that speaketh lies, literally, "breatheth out lies," since he is addicted to that habit, and he that soweth discord among brethren, turning friends and relatives against one another. Against all these sins the inspired writer warns the believers of all times, since Satan, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

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See also Proverbs 6:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the reco...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Thirteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:12. _The Worthless Person_ This short section might seem at first sight to break itself into two (Proverbs 6:12). But the note of character, "he soweth discord...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See Proverbs 6:12_; Proverbs 6:14_notes....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 6:12-22 12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13. That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. A FALSE WITNESS THAT SPEAKETH LIES - literally, 'blows out' or 'breathes out lies' (cf. , "He puffeth at them" - his...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:19 uttereth (m-5) Lit. 'that breatheth out.' see Psalms 27:12 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Contrast this verse with Psalms 133:1. ‘It is good when brothers live together calmly.’ The evil man wants to start an argument, or even a war. ‘Brothers’ does not only mean family members here. It c...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּ מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH Proverbs 6:1 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    A FALSE WITNESS [THAT] SPEAKETH LIES,.... Or, "that speaketh lies, [even] a false witness" f; and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing fa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Ver. 19. _A false witness that speaketh lies._] Heb., That blows abroad lies, - as with a pair of bellows; that vents...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _These six things_ Generally found in those men of Belial, described in the foregoing verses; _doth the Lord hate_ Namely, above many other sins, which have a worse name in the world; _a proud look_ P...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. H...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT SPEAKETH LIES, to wit, in judgment; whereby this differs from the former lying, PROVERBS 6:17. _Brethren_; dear relations or friends....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 6:19 false H8267 witness H5707 speaks H6315 (H8686) lies H3577 sows H7971 (H8764) discord H4090 brethren

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SEVEN THINGS WHICH YHWH HATES (PROVERBS 6:16). We now have listed seven thing which YHWH hates. The ‘six things -- yes seven' was a technique saying ‘more than six' (double completeness) and emphasisi...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12). We now come to the third person in the triumvirate. The first one committed as a surety what he did not have. He was naive. The second was too lazy to do anything to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _These six things doth the Lord hate._ THE SEVEN ABOMINABLE THINGS A catalogue of evils specially odious to the Infinite One. I. Haughty bearing. “A proud look.” Pride is frequently represented in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:16 The literary device of naming SIX THINGS... SEVEN indicates that the list is representative rather than exhaustive (compare Proverb

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person, “a worthless man.” PROVERBS 6:13. TEACHETH, “motions.” PROVERBS 6:14. FROWARDNESS, “perverseness.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:10; 2 Timothy 2:23; 3 John 1:10; 3 John 1:9; Acts 6:13;...

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