Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14And Ahimelech answered the King, and sayde, Who is so faithfull among all thy seruants as Dauid, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house?
Proverbs 14:5A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.
Proverbs 19:5A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
Proverbs 21:28A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.
Acts 6:13And set forth false witnesses, which sayd, This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes against this 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 →