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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A true
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
delivereth
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
souls
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: but a deceitful
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
witness 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
lies
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 14:5• 5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies. (Prov. 14:5)
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Acts 20:21,26‑27• 21testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
 26Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
 27for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:21,26‑27)
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Acts 26:16‑20• 16but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
 17taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
 19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
 20but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:16‑20)
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1 Tim. 4:1‑3• 1But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
 2speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
 3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth. (1 Tim. 4:1‑3)
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2 Peter 3:3• 3knowing this first, that there shall come at the close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts, (2 Peter 3:3)
• In verse 5 we had a faithful witness; here, a true witness. Such a one will deliver souls. Our Lord presents Himself in the double character of the “Faithful and True Witness” to Laodicea. He it is, in a day of lukewarmness and laxity, who abides the Faithful Testimony-bearer, maintaining the truth; and the True Witness, delivering all who bow in repentance. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.