Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. A FAITHFUL WITNESS WILL NOT LIE: BUT A FALSE WITNESS WILL UTTER LIES. He who is accustomed to tell the truth in private, you may depend upon it, will tell the truth as a public witness. "Utter lies" - lit, 'will breathe out lies again and again studiously' (Mariana, T. Cartwight) ()....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐστὶ σώζειν οἰκίαν_._ "A good wife is the saving of a house." The versions render as above. A different pointing of the word translated "wise" (_chakhmoth_)_ _will give "wisdom" (_chokhmoth_)_, _which it seems best to read here, as the parallel to the abstract term "folly" in the second member. So we have, "Wisdom hath builded her house" (Proverbs 9:1; comp. Proverbs 1:20). Thus: "The wi

A FAITHFUL WITNESS WILL NOT LIE,.... For that would be contrary to his character as faithful; and as he will not witness to a falsehood upon oath in a court of judicature, so neither will he tell a lie in common conversation. This may be applied to Gospel ministers, who are witnesses of Christ; the Gospel they preach is a testimony concerning him, and they bear a faithful witness to the truth; nor will they, knowingly and willingly, deliver out a falsehood, or a doctrinal lie, since "no lie is of the truth", 1 John 2:21; the character of a faithful witness is given to Christ, Revelation 1:5; who is a "witness" of his father's love and grace, of his mind and will, and of the doctrines of the Gospel relating to himself, and the method of salvation by him; and he is "faithful" to him that appointed him; nor can

CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them” Proverbs 14:3. The foolish shoots forth his foolishness like a branch. Separation from the foolish man is commanded in the seventh verse. The wise cannot have fellowship with the foolish, as the believer is not to be yoked to the unbeliever. Fools make a mock at sin Proverbs 14:9). The word “sin” in the original means “trespass offering.” That is exactly what the foolish man does, including the religious fool; he denies both sin and the blessed provision God has made to deliver from the guilt and power of sin. But among the righteous, says

PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political and social character, while a group that might be called psychological appears for the first time (_e.g._ Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 14:13, and in part Proverbs 14:30). The contrast between wisdom and folly, simplicity and prudence, also yields a fairly numerous group. PROVERBS 14:1. MT cannot be translated. Proverbs 14:1 a is p

A FAITHFUL WITNESS, &C. See Matthew 26:60; Matthew 26:61; Revelation 1:5....

_will utter uttereth_, R.V., "Heb. _breatheth out_" marg.; ἐκκαίει ψευδῆ, LXX., in the sense of kindleth, bloweth into flame....

CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5. A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies. 6. A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. 7. Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. 8. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;

14:5 uttereth (e-11) As ch. 6.19; so ver. 25; ch. 19.5,9....

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....