Parallel Verses
NET Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.
New American Standard Bible
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.
King James Version
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Holman Bible
but the one who listens will speak successfully.
International Standard Version
A false witness will perish, but whoever listens will testify successfully.
A Conservative Version
A FALSE witness shall perish, but the man who hears shall speak so as to endure.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
Amplified
A false witness will perish,
But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness will be cut off, ...
Darby Translation
A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.
Julia Smith Translation
A witness of lies shall perish: and a man hearing, shall speak clearly.
King James 2000
A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A false witness will perish, but a man who listens will testify with success.
Modern King James verseion
A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears speaks on and on.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A false witness shall perish; but he that will be content to hear, shall always have power to speak himself.
New Heart English Bible
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
The Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.
Webster
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
World English Bible
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
Youngs Literal Translation
A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
27 The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent! 28 A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever. 29 A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
Exodus 23:1
"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Deuteronomy 19:16-19
If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
Proverbs 12:19
The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
Acts 12:15
But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"
2 Corinthians 1:17-20
Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
2 Corinthians 4:13
But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, "I believed; therefore I spoke," we also believe, therefore we also speak.
Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.