Add parallel Print Page Options

A false witness will not go unpunished,
    nor will a liar escape.

Read full chapter

A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And one who (B)declares lies will not escape.

Read full chapter

A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and a liar will be destroyed.

Read full chapter

A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And one who declares lies will perish.

Read full chapter

22 Loyalty makes a person attractive.
    It is better to be poor than dishonest.

Read full chapter

22 What is desirable in a person is his [a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty

28 A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice;
    the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

Read full chapter

28 A worthless witness makes a mockery of justice,
And the mouth of the wicked [a](A)swallows wrongdoing.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:28 Another reading is pours out