5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.


In Context

2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:5A truthful witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness uttereth lies.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.