Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
9. shall perish ] We have, shall not escape, in the otherwise identical proverb of Pro 19:5 above.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This was said before, Pro 19:5, and seems to be here repeated, either for its great use and weight in human society, and to show how much God abhors such practices; or to show the pernicious effects of this sin, and consequently of all other sins, one eminent kind being put for all the rest, and this in opposition to the good effects of wisdom or piety, which he declared in the foregoing verse.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
A false witness shall not be unpunished,….
[See comments on Pr 19:5];
and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish; or “be lost”, shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have his part in the lake of fire: they that speak lies in hypocrisy, doctrinal ones, and are given up to believe and profess them, such shall be damned, 2Th 2:11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The group of proverbs (Pro 19:9-16) now following begins and closes in the same way as the preceding.
9 A lying witness doth not remain unpunished,
And one who breathes out lies perisheth,
or goeth to ruin, for (R. , to divide, separate) signifies to lose oneself in the place of the separated, the dead (Arab. in the infinite). In Pro 19:5, instead of this (lxx), the negative is used, or as the lxx there more accurately renders it, .
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before (v. 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 be his destruction: he shall perish; the lies he forged against others will be his own ruin. It is a damning destroying sin.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
Sure Punishment of Liars
Verse 9 -See comment on Vs 5.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
9. A false witness shall not be unpunished This is the same as Pro 19:5, except one word, shall perish, or be lost, as in a wilderness. A vivid metaphor to represent a witness who becomes bewildered in the meshes of his falsehood under cross examination. in Pro 19:5 there is a meiosis in both members.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
v. 9. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Pro 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
Ver. 9. A false witness, &c. ] See Pro 19:5 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
A false witness, &c. The repetition of Pro 19:6 is needed, and punishment is denned.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Pro 19:9
Pro 19:9
“A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.”
This is almost a verbatim repetition of Pro 19:5. See comment there.
Pro 19:9. A false witness, in those instances of lying about others, would be breaking the 9th Commandment (Exo 20:16). God says such must be punished (Pro 19:5).
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
false: Pro 19:5
and: Isa 9:15-17, Jer 23:25-32, Jer 28:15-17, Jer 29:31, Jer 29:32, Eze 13:22, 2Th 2:8-10, 1Ti 4:1, 1Ti 4:2, 2Pe 2:1-3, Rev 19:20, Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15
Reciprocal: Gen 39:17 – General Exo 23:1 – an unrighteous witness Deu 5:20 – General Deu 19:19 – Then shall Jdg 11:13 – Because Israel 2Sa 19:6 – thou regardest 1Ki 21:13 – the men of Belial Psa 34:13 – speaking Psa 52:5 – God Psa 120:4 – arrows Pro 6:19 – A false Pro 12:19 – but Pro 14:5 – General Pro 21:28 – false witness Pro 24:28 – not