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5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:5 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 5)Here we have, 1. The sins threatened—bearing false witness in judgment and speaking lies in common conversation. Men could not arrive at such a pitch of impiety as to bear false witness (where to the guilt of a lie is added that of perjury and injury) if they had not advanced to it by allowing themselves to speak untruths in jest and banter, or under pretence of doing good. Thus men teach their to...
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