A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.
1611 marginal noteVer. 5.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Speaks; expresses or communicates words or meaning.
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First occurrence: Genesis 45:12
Complete exact-word concordance
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.
1611 marginal noteVer. 5.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings: and they loue him that speaketh right.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.
1611 marginal noteHeb. held innocent.
1611 marginal noteExod. 23. 1. deut. 19.16. prou. 6.9. and 21.28.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished, and hee that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
1611 marginal noteVer.5.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
A false witnesse shall perish: but the man that heareth, speaketh constantly.
1611 marginal noteHeb. a witnesse of lyes.
1611 marginal noteChap.19.5,9.
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
When he speaketh faire, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh his voice gracious.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therfore the LORD shall haue no ioy in their yong men, neither shall haue mercy on their fatherlesse & widowes: for euery one is an hypocrite, and an euil doer, and euery mouth speaketh folly: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
1611 marginal noteOr, villeny.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.
1611 marginal noteOr, when he speaketh against the poore in iudgement.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly, hee that despiseth the gaine of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his eares from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing euill:
1611 marginal noteHeb. in righteousnesses.
1611 marginal noteHeb. vprightnesses.
1611 marginal noteOr, deceits.
1611 marginal noteHeb. bloods
1611 marginal notePsal.15.2. and 24.3.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Their tongue is as an arrowe shot out, it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the middest of him.
1611 marginal noteOr, waite for him.
1611 marginal notePsal.120.4
1611 marginal notePsal. 12.2. and 28.3.
1611 marginal notePsa. 12.3. and 28.3.
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