17 An honest witness tells the truth,
    but a false witness tells lies.(A)

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17 (A)Whoever speaks[a] the truth gives honest evidence,
    but (B)a false witness utters deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:17 Hebrew breathes out

19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but (A)a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

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22 (A)Lying lips are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
    (C)but those who act faithfully are his delight.

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