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9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:9 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 9)Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (Prov. 18:5), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2. An addition to it in one word; there it was said, He that speaks lies shall not escape , and intimated that he shall be punished. Here it is said, His punishment shall be such as will...
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