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Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui dit la vérité proclame la justice, Et le faux témoin la tromperie.
KJV
[He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
[He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
KJV
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
utem mentitur, testis est fraudulentus: qui autem testis est repentinus, concinnat linguam mendacii (Prov. XII, 17) . Abominatio est lingua mendacii (Ibid., 19) . Liberat animas testis fidelis: profert mendacium versipellis (Prov. XIV, 25) . Testis fidelis non mentietur: profer…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 126 (Migne)
i, inquiens, quod novit loquitur, index justitiae est; qui autem mentitur, testis est fraudulentus (Prov. XII, 17) . Et item: Jaculum, et gladius, et sagitta acuta, homo qui loquitur contra proximum suum falsum testimonium [Col. 0309B] (Prov. XXV, 18) . Et ut ostendit Apostolu…
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