5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.


In Context

2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.

3 A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord .

4 Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.

6 Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

7 A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 19:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.