
Text -- Proverbs 14:5 (NET)




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Poole -> Pro 14:5
Poole: Pro 14:5 - -- Will not lie to wit, in common discourse and conversation, whereby he showeth his love to truth, and giveth assurance that when he is called to be a ...
Will not lie to wit, in common discourse and conversation, whereby he showeth his love to truth, and giveth assurance that when he is called to be a witness, he will be true and faithful.
But a false witness will utter lies or, as the words lie in the Hebrew, and or but he that
will utter lies (that accustometh himself to lying) is or will be a false witness, when occasion requires it. Having debauched his conscience by daily lying, he is thereby prepared and disposed to false witness-bearing. Compare Pro 12:17 .
Gill -> Pro 14:5
Gill: Pro 14:5 - -- A faithful witness will not lie,.... For that would be contrary to his character as faithful; and as he will not witness to a falsehood upon oath in a...
A faithful witness will not lie,.... For that would be contrary to his character as faithful; and as he will not witness to a falsehood upon oath in a court of judicature, so neither will he tell a lie in common conversation. This may be applied to Gospel ministers, who are witnesses of Christ; the Gospel they preach is a testimony concerning him, and they bear a faithful witness to the truth; nor will they, knowingly and willingly, deliver out a falsehood, or a doctrinal lie, since "no lie is of the truth", 1Jo 2:21; the character of a faithful witness is given to Christ, Rev 1:5; who is a "witness" of his father's love and grace, of his mind and will, and of the doctrines of the Gospel relating to himself, and the method of salvation by him; and he is "faithful" to him that appointed him; nor can he nor will he lie, for he is "truth" itself;
but a false witness will utter lies; or "blow" e them out, and spread them abroad in great plenty; he will not stick to tell them, and, having no conscience, will utter them as fast as he can, with all boldness and confidence; for one that fears not to bear testimony to a falsehood upon oath, will not scruple to lie in common talk. Or the words, "nay" be rendered, "he that uttereth lies will be a false witness"; he that accustoms himself to lying, in his conversation with men in private company, will become a false witness upon occasion in a public court of judicature: such an one is not to be depended on; lesser sins lead to greater, lying to perjury. So false teachers, and the followers of the man of sin, speak lies in hypocrisy, doctrinal ones, which they are given up to believe; and such as do so are false witnesses, deceivers, and antichrist.

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NET Notes: Pro 14:5 This saying addresses the problem of legal testimony: A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness does lie – naturally. The first colon...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 14:5
Geneva Bible: Pro 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but ( e ) a false witness will utter lies.
( e ) For the maintenance of his own ambition, and not for God's glory, a...

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MHCC -> Pro 14:5
MHCC: Pro 14:5 - --A conscientious witness will not dare to represent anything otherwise than according to his knowledge.
Matthew Henry -> Pro 14:5
Matthew Henry: Pro 14:5 - -- In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as t...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 14:5
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 14:5 - --
Striking if also accidental is the frequency of the א and ב in Pro 14:4. This is continued in Pro 14:5, where the collector gives two proverbs, ...
Constable -> Pro 10:1--22:17; Pro 14:1--15:33
Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16
Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...
