A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth (i:e., who testifies only to what he himself has heard) speaketh constantly - i:e., shall continually have the power given him to be a witness. He shall not be put to silence as a liar (Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9). Gejer takes "heareth in the sense, "the man that heareth" those things only which ought to be heard-namely, the commandments of God, among which is this one, Do not bear false witness (Rabbi Salomon); the man who is swift to hear, slow to speak (James 1:19), who heareth such things as tend to edification, charity, and clearing of the innocent.