Proverbs 14:25

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Proverbs 14:25


← Proverbs 14:24 Proverbs 14:25 (KJV) Proverbs 14:26 →
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A trueH571 witnessH5707 deliverethH5337 soulsH5315: but a deceitfulH4820 witness speakethH6315 liesH3577.


Original Hebrew

מַצִּיל נְפָשֹׁות עֵד אֱמֶת וְיָפִחַ כְּזָבִים מִרְמָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מַצִּ֣יל
ma.Tzil H5337 HVhrmsa (is) delivering
נְ֭פָשׁוֹת
Ne.fa.shot H5315 HNcbpa lives
עֵ֣ד
'ed H5707 HNcmsc a witness of
אֱמֶ֑ת
'e.Met H571 HNcfsa reliability
וְ/יָפִ֖חַ
ve./ya.Fi.ach H6315 HC/Vhi3ms so/ he may breathe out
כְּזָבִ֣ים
ke.za.Vim H3577 HNcmpa lies
מִרְמָֽה
mir.Mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
Strong's References
  • H571 — אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, eh'-meth): contracted from אָמַן (ʼâman) H539; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
  • H3577 — כָּזָב (kâzâb, kaw-zawb'): from כָּזַב (kâzab) H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol); deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
  • 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.
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Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 12:17

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