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Proverbs 14:25
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Proverbs 14:25
25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
25†A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.
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Proverbs 14:25
Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
False, dishonest, misleading, or disposed to deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
False statements or deceptions; as a verb, reclines, remains, is situated, or speaks falsely.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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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 study16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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Open the full verse study1NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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Open the full verse study3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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Open the full verse study26Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
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Open the full verse study21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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