Proverbs 21:28
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
דָבַר
he will speak
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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עֵד
a witness of
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עֵד
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
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כָּזָב
lies
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כָּזָב
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
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