Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Bible References

False

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
Proverbs 6:19
One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
Proverbs 21:28
A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.
Deuteronomy 19:16
When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man, - to answer against him perversely,
Psalm 120:3
What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Daniel 6:24
And the king, gave word, that they should bring those men who had accused Daniel, and, into the den of lions, they cast them - them, their children, and their wives, - and, they had not reached the bottom of the den, when the lions, seized them, and, all their bones, brake they in pieces.

Unpunished

Deuteronomy 5:11
Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God, for falsehood, - for Yahweh will not at him go unpunished who uttereth his name for falsehood:
1 Kings 2:9
Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.

General references

Genesis 39:17
Then spake she unto him, according to these words, saying, - He hath been in unto me - the Hebrew servant whom thou didst bring in to us - to insult me.
Deuteronomy 5:20
Neither shalt thou testify against thy neighbour with a witness of falsehood:
Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness, will not deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.