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Proverbs 21:28
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Proverbs 21:28
28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
28*†A false witnesse shall perish: but the man that heareth, speaketh constantly.
- Heb. a witnesse of lyes.
- Chap.19.5,9.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 21:28
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
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
constantly
Steadfastly; confidently; without wavering.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
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Open the full verse study13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
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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 study9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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Open the full verse study16¶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
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Open the full verse study18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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Open the full verse study17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
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Open the full verse study15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
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Open the full verse study1THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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Open the full verse study19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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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 study8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
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