Proverbs 14:5
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
In Context
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
1 Kings 22:12All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Proverbs 12:17He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
Proverbs 14:25A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters 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 →