New Revised Standard Version
A false witness will perish, but a good listener will testify successfully.

Contemporary English Version
If you tell lies in court, you are done for; only a reliable witness can do the job.

New American Bible
The false witness will perish, but one who listens will give lasting testimony.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.

A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.

false witness

Proverbs 6:19 My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape. . . .

Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Deuteronomy 19:16-19 If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression, . . .

the man

Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Acts 12:15 But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel.

2 Corinthians 1:17-20 Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not? . . .

2 Corinthians 4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed, for which cause I have spoken; we also believe. For which cause we speak also:

Titus 3:8 It is a faithful saying. And these things I will have thee affirm constantly, that they who believe in God may be careful to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.