Proverbs 12:17

Proverbs 12:17
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

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Genesis 47:16
And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

Leviticus 19:11
Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

Psalms 15:2
He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

Proverbs 13:5
The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Daniel 6:5
Then these men said, We will only get a reason for attacking Daniel in connection with the law of his God.

Daniel 6:6
Then these chief rulers and the captains came to the king and said to him, O King Darius, have life for ever.

Daniel 6:7
All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.

Hosea 4:1
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:2
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

Micah 6:12
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

Zechariah 7:9
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

Colossians 3:9
Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

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Deuteronomy 19:17
Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

Deuteronomy 19:19
Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:20
And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

1 Kings 21:10
And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

1 Kings 21:11
So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

1 Kings 21:12
They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.

1 Kings 21:14
And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.

1 Kings 21:15
Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.

Psalms 35:11
False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

Psalms 119:69
The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

Psalms 120:3
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

Proverbs 19:28
A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

1 Peter 3:16
Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

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1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

1 Samuel 22:15
Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

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1 Samuel 26:23
And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

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2 Samuel 9:11
Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.

2 Samuel 16:1
And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

2 Samuel 16:2
And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.

2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

2 Samuel 16:4
Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

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1 Kings 22:12
And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

1 Kings 22:13
Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things.

1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

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Psalms 12:5
Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalms 12:6
The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

Isaiah 41:26
Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

Isaiah 45:19
I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

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Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

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Proverbs 12:14
From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

Ephesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

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Romans 1:17
For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

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Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Proverbs 12:6
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Proverbs 15:4
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

Proverbs 16:21
The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

Proverbs 16:22
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

Proverbs 25:11
A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

Colossians 4:5
Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

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Isaiah 55:4
See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.

Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

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Psalms 12:2
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

Psalms 119:163
I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

Proverbs 8:7
For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

Proverbs 11:1
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Proverbs 12:5
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

Proverbs 12:21
No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

Proverbs 12:25
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

Proverbs 26:24
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

1 Corinthians 13:6
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

2 Corinthians 7:14
For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

Ephesians 4:15
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

Revelation 21:8
But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

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