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Proverbs 19:5Prov.19.5

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

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Le faux témoin ne restera pas impuni, Et celui qui dit des mensonges n'échappera pas.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Theodulf of Orleans

    Theodulf Bishop of Orleans

    aid, "You shall not bear false witness" (Exodus 20:15) and "A false witness will not go unpunished" (Proverbs 19:5) Anyone who has committed this sin must be purified through penance, as previously mentioned regarding perjury, or face condemnation and excommunication. They should…
  • Ratramnus

    Against the Objections of the Greeks Book Four

    destroy those who tell lies" (Psalm 5:6). And in Solomon: "A false witness will not go unpunished" (Proverbs 19:5). As for their accusation that a deacon is being consecrated as a bishop, why don't they notice what is said against them, who make laymen who have just been tonsured…
  • Ratramnus

    Against the Objections of the Greeks Book One

    (Psalm 5:7). And what the Holy Spirit threatens elsewhere: "A false witness will not go unpunished" (Proverbs 19:5, 9). Moreover, when they attempt to criticize not only the Roman but the entire Latin Church for confessing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son…

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