Proverbs 21:28
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.Proverbs 21:28 in the real world
In what words
- כָּזָבkâzâbfalsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
- עֵדʻêdconcretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
- אִישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Co 4:13, Pro 19:5, Pro 19:9, Pro 25:18, Deu 19:16–19, Exo 23:1, Pro 6:19, 2Co 1:17–20