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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A μfalse
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
shall perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
: but the man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that heareth
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
speaketh
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
constantly
netsach (Hebrew #5331)
or netsach {nay'-tsakh}; from 5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); --alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-)ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
Pronounce: neh'-tsakh
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witness of lies.

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false witness.
Heb. witness of lies.
Prov. 6:19• 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. (Prov. 25:18)
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Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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Deut. 19:16‑19• 16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;
 17then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
 18and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,
 19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. (Deut. 19:16‑19)
the man.
Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)
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Acts 12:15• 15And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel. (Acts 12:15)
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2 Cor. 1:17‑20• 17Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?
 18Now God is faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.
 19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea *is* in him.
 20For whatever promises of God there are, in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us. (2 Cor. 1:17‑20)
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2 Cor. 4:13• 13And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak; (2 Cor. 4:13)
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Titus 3:8• 8The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men. (Titus 3:8)
• The false witness may carry his point for the moment but his destruction is certain to come. He who testifies according to his hearing and knowledge will be able to maintain consistently his position, and speak constantly, or unchallenged. Such was the good confession witnessed before Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate by our Lord Jesus Christ, when the testimony of the lying witnesses agreed not one with the other (Matt. 26:59-64; 27:11-14). (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantlye.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "always" or "unchallenged," as "in victory," Isa. 25.8.