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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

Ver. 5. A false witness shall not be unpunished.] Many poor people care not to lend their rich friend an oath at a need; and many rich, though they think ill of pillory perjury, yet they make little conscience of a merry lie. Neither of these shall pass unpunished. And this sentence may be to them, as those knuckles of a man's hand were to Belshazzar, to write them their destiny, or as Daniel was to him, to read it unto them.

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See also Proverbs 19:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNPUNISHED. acquitted, or held innocent. SPEAKETH. breatheth forth....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _speaketh_ Lit. BREATHETH OUT; and so in Proverbs 19:9 below....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. A FALSE WITNESS ... AND (HE THAT) SPEAKETH (HEBREW, BREATHETH FORTH) LIES SHALL NOT ESCAPE. repeats this. "Fals...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In these verses, Solomon discusses things that are wrong. Many wrong things happen in this world....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    If a man lies, then he deserves punishment....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְ יָפִ֥יחַ כ֝

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...

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

    Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

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

    _A false witness shall not be unpunished_ Though he escape the observation and punishment of men, yet he shall not avoid the judgment of God. _And he that speaketh lies_ That accustoms himself to lyin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 5. A FALSE WITNESS SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED, his lies being recorded in God's records, AND HE THAT SPEAKETH LIES, constantly breathing them out, SHALL NOT ESCAPE, an emphatic way of saying that he s...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    UNPUNISHED: _ Heb._ held innocent...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED; though he escape the observation and punishment of men, yet he shall not avoid the judgment of God. THAT SPEAKETH LIES; that accustometh himself to lying, either in judgment o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 19:5 false H8267 witness H5707 unpunished H5352 (H8735) speaks H6315 (H8686) lies H3577 escape H4422 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _A false witness shall not be unpunished._ THE WOE OF THE UNTRUTHFUL The man who gives wrong evidence. The man of untruthfulness in common conversation. Such men are always punished in one way or ano...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 19:5 Verses Proverbs 19:5 and Proverbs 19:9 begin and end this section with virtual

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:5. SPEAKETH LIES, rather “_whose breath is lies_.” PROVERBS 19:6. THE PRINCE, rather “the noble or generous man.” It seems to refer to one of rank, who is also of a bene...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 2:9; Daniel 6:24; Deuteronomy 19:16; Deuteronomy 5:11; E

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