Proverbs 12:17
He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a FALSE witness, deceit.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
16A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
18There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie, but a FALSE witness utters lies.
Proverbs 19:5A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 21:28A FALSE witness shall perish, but the man who hears shall speak so as to endure.
Matthew 15:19For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
Acts 6:13And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:17
16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. Note, 1. Passion is folly: A fool is known by his anger (so some read it); not but that a wise man may be angry when there is just cause for it, but then he has his anger under check and direction, is lord of his anger, whereas a fool's anger lords it over him. He that, when he is provoked, breaks out into indecent expressions, in words or behaviour, whose passion alters his countenance, makes him outrageous, and leads him to forget himself,… Read the whole commentary →