Proverbs 19:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. ”

• Proverbs 19:9 - 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 1...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  A false witness, &c. The repetition of Proverbs 19:6 is needed, and punishment is denned.

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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• Proverbs 19:9 - 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...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - 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 l...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - 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 sinn...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A false witness shall not be unpunished ,.... Proverbs 19:5 ; and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish ; or "be lost", shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have h...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish. Ver. 9. A false witness, &c. ] See Proverbs 19:5 .

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.       Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before ( Proverbs 18:5 Proverbs 18:5 ), for we have n...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This was said before, Proverbs 19:5 , and seems to be here repeated, either for its great use and weight in human society, and to show how much God abhors such practices; or to show the pernicious...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - 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...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - 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...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 signifies "poor" in oppositi...

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• Proverbs 19:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 9. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Cf v. 5.

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• Proverbs 19:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 4:1 ; 1 Timothy 4:2 ; 2 Peter 2:1-3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10 ; Ezekiel 13:22 ; Isaiah 9:15-17 ; Jeremiah 23:25-32 ; Jeremiah 28:15-17 ; Jeremiah 29:31 ; Jeremiah 29:32 ; Proverbs...

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