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Proverbs 14:25
A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
Proverbs 14:25 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 14:25 in other translations
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
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In context
22 Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
25 A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
26 For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
28 A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.
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