Proverbs 6:19
in Proverbs 6a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
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ASV
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
KJV
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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This verse in Proverbs 6
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA false witness that speaketh lies,.... Or, "that speaketh lies, even a false witness" (f); and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing false witness against one's neighbour, a breach of the eighth command. It may be rendered, "he that bloweth lies" (g); that raises lies, and spreads them abroad, and swears to them, to the damage of others.
This site's exposition
yea, seven are an abomination unto him
on Proverbs 6:16-19
Six things, yea seven, is a numerical form used elsewhere in the wisdom literature, naming a full list and then adding one more item to press past a round number into completeness. The list moves from a look, a proud look, to a final act, discord sown among brethren, tracing sin from the eyes down through the tongue, hands, heart, and feet before it settles in the community itself. Discord among brethren closing the list echoes the naughty person of the previous unit, and the commentators read the placement as deliberate, the private deceiver's habit named as the very thing the Lord abhors.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָפִ֣יחַ | yafiach | [who] he breathes out | H6315 → | 14 times |
| כְּ֭זָבִים | kezavim | lies | H3577 → | 31 times |
| עֵ֣ד | ʾed | a witness of | H5707 → | 70 times |
| שָׁ֑קֶר | shaker | falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
| וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ | umeshaleach | and [one who] spreads | H7971 → | 845 times |
| מְ֝דָנִ֗ים | medanim | contentions | H4090 → | |
| בֵּ֣ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| אַחִֽים׃ פ | ʾachim | brothers | H251 → | 630 times |
יָפִ֣יחַ[who] he breathes out
yafiachH6315 →14 times
כְּ֭זָבִיםlies
kezavimH3577 →31 times
עֵ֣דa witness of
ʾedH5707 →70 times
שָׁ֑קֶרfalsehood
shakerH8267 →113 times
וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַand [one who] spreads
umeshaleachH7971 →845 times
מְ֝דָנִ֗יםcontentions
medanimH4090 →
בֵּ֣יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
אַחִֽים׃ פbrothers
ʾachimH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
it leads to
- Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Isaiah 32:16–17
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- Galatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Matthew 5:9
Through
Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
it leads to
- Matthew 26:59–60
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Matthew 26:59–60
Through
Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
it leads to
- Proverbs 21:28
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
- Proverbs 21:28
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).