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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that speaketh
puwach (Hebrew #6315)
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
KJV usage: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Pronounce: poo'akh
Origin: a primitive root
truth
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
showeth forth
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
: but a false
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
deceit
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
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Righteousness,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 14:5,25• 5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
 25A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies. (Prov. 14:5,25)
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1 Sam. 22:14‑15• 14And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?
 15Was it to-day that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. (1 Sam. 22:14‑15)
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Prov. 6:19• 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 19:5,28• 5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
 28A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity. (Prov. 19:5,28)
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Prov. 21:28• 28A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly. (Prov. 21:28)
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Prov. 24:28• 28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips? (Prov. 24:28)
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Matt. 15:19• 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies; (Matt. 15:19)
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Matt. 26:59• 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death. (Matt. 26:59)
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Acts 6:13• 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:13)
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1 Peter 3:16• 16having a good conscience, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ. (1 Peter 3:16)
• {v.17-22} The six verses are all occupied with the same general theme—lips of truth contrasted with a lying tongue. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that utterethf truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 6.19.