Proverbs 12:17
In the courtroom, honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell nothing but lies.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14Ahimelech replied, “ I do not understand why you are saying that, because David, your son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguards, is very loyal to you. No one is more loyal to you than David! Everyone in your household respects him very much.
Proverbs 14:5Witnesses who are reliable always say what ◄is true/really happened►, but witnesses who are not reliable constantly tell lies about what happened.
Proverbs 19:5Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished [LIT]; they will not escape it.
Proverbs 21:28Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
Matthew 15:19It is people’s innermost beings that cause them to think things that are evil, to murder people, to commit adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about others.
Acts 6:13They also brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely about several things. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws that Moses received from God.
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 →