Proverbs 12:17
He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
16A fool’s vexation is presently known: but a prudent man concealeth shame.
18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, which is the king’s son in law, and is taken into thy council, and is honourable in thine house?
Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness uttereth lies.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 21:28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged.
Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak words 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 →