Proverbs 12:17
He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
16The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?
Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 21:28A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;
Acts 6:13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words 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 →