Proverbs 19:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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. Proverbs 19:9 repeats this. "False witness" is in public: "lies" are also in private. They stand on the same footing, and shall have one doom.

Proverbs 19:5

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