Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
BSB
ASV
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
KJV
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
A faithful witness delivers souls, etc. Christ, who is the faithful witness, liberates souls, as we read in the Apocalypse; and, as the Apostle says, he testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate (I Tim. VI). The devil, who rightly is called the deceitful, proclaims …
In the second clause, “destroyeth life” might have been expected as the antithesis to “delivereth souls.” But what worse could be said? “A deceitful witness speaketh lies.” All destruction is implied in falsehood.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
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Proverbs 14:5An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
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“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.