Proverbs 12:17
Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness — deceit.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
In Context
16The fool — in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:14And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, 'And who among all thy servants [is] as David — faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?
Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
Proverbs 21:28A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Matthew 15:19for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
Acts 6:13they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings 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 →