Proverbs 12:17

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Proverbs 12:17


← Proverbs 12:16 Proverbs 12:17 (KJV) Proverbs 12:18 →
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He that speakethH6315 truthH530 sheweth forthH5046 righteousnessH6664: but a falseH8267 witnessH5707 deceitH4820.


Original Hebrew

יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק וְעֵד שְׁקָרִים מִרְמָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יָפִ֣יחַ
ya.Fi.ach H6315 HVhi3ms he breathes out
אֱ֭מוּנָה
'E.mu.nah H530 HNcfsa faithfulness
יַגִּ֣יד
ya.Gid H5046 HVhi3ms he declares
צֶ֑דֶק
Tze.dek H6664 HNcmsa righteousness
וְ/עֵ֖ד
ve./'Ed H5707 HC/Ncmsc and/ a witness of
שְׁקָרִ֣ים
she.ka.Rim H8267 HNcmpa lies
מִרְמָֽה
mir.Mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
Strong's References
  • H530 — אֱמוּנָה (ʼĕmûwnâh, em-oo-naw'): or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה (ʼĕmunâh); feminine of אֵמוּן (ʼêmûwn) H529; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity; faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
  • H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד (ʻûwd) H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.
  • H6315 — פּוּחַ (pûwach, poo'akh): a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff; blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
  • H6664 — צֶדֶק (tsedeq, tseh'-dek): from צָדַק (tsâdaq) H6663; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
  • H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר (shâqar) H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
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