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Proverbs 12:17
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Proverbs 12:17
17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
17* He that speaketh trueth, sheweth foorth righteousnesse: but a false witnesse, deceit.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 12:17
That which is true; conformity to fact, reality, faithfulness, or God's revealed word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Shows, reveals, declares, or makes known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fraud, guile, or any word or practice intended to mislead another into believing what is false.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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Open the full verse study5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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Open the full verse study28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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Open the full verse study19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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Open the full verse study19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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Open the full verse study28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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Open the full verse study5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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Open the full verse study28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
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Open the full verse study16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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Open the full verse study14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
15Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
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Open the full verse study13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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Open the full verse study59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
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