Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
In Context
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.
1 Kings 22:12And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hands.
Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.
Proverbs 14:25A faithful witness delivereth souls: and the double dealer uttereth lies.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:5
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Note, 1. The neglect of husbandry is the way to poverty: Where no oxen are, to till the ground and tread out the corn, the crib is empty, is clean; there is no straw for the cattle, and consequently no bread for the service of man. Scarcity is represented by cleanness of teeth, Amos iv. 6 . Where no oxen are there is nothing to be done at the ground, and then nothing to be had out of it; the crib indeed is clean from dung,… Read the whole commentary →