9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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