Proverbs 6:19

19 proferentem mendacia testem fallacem et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias

Proverbs 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness [that] speaketh lies
Or, "that speaketh lies, [even] a false witness" ^F6; and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing false witness against one's neighbour, a breach of the eighth command. It may be rendered, "he that bloweth lies" ^F7; that raises lies, and spreads them abroad, and swears to them, to the damage of others. This makes the sixth; and the seventh follows, and him that soweth discord among brethren;
whether in a natural relation, or in a civil society, or in a religious community.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 So Vatablus, Mercerus
F7 (Mybzk xypy) "qui efflat mendacia", Piscator, Michaelis.

Proverbs 6:19 In-Context

17 oculos sublimes linguam mendacem manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem

18 cor machinans cogitationes pessimas pedes veloces ad currendum in malum

19 proferentem mendacia testem fallacem et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias

20 conserva fili mi praecepta patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae

21 liga ea in corde tuo iugiter et circumda gutturi tuo