Proverbs 21:28
An ed kezavim (lying witness) shall perish, 1 but the ish that heareth [emes] speaketh lanetzach (unto eternity). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:16If an ed chamas (malicious, false witness) rise up against any ish to testify against him that which is wrong;
Proverbs 12:19The lip of emes shall be established forever, 1 but a lashon sheker is but for a moment. 1
Proverbs 19:9An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, 1 and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall perish. 1
Acts 12:15But the ones there said to her, You are meshuggah! But she kept insisting it was so. But they were saying, It is his malach.
2 Corinthians 4:13And having the same Ruach Hakodesh of emunah that is in accordance with the Kitvei Hakodesh, HE'EMANITI KI ADABER + 4:13 Ps 116:10 (I believed, therefore I speak), we both believed and therefore we speak,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:28
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Sacrifices were of divine institution; and when they were offered in faith, and with repentance and reformation, God was greatly honoured by them and well-pleased in them. But they were often not only unacceptable, but an abomination, to God, and he declared so, which was an indication both that they were not required for their own sakes and that there were better things, and for effectual, in reserve, when… Read the whole commentary →