Amsal 19:5

19:5 A false witness ¹  will not go unpunished,

and the one who spouts out ²  lies will not escape punishment. ³ 

Yehezkiel 17:15

17:15 But this one from Israel’s royal family ⁴  rebelled against the king of Babylon ⁵  by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

Roma 2:3

2:3 And do you think, ⁶  whoever you are, when you judge ⁷  those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, ⁸  that you will escape God’s judgment?

Ibrani 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[19:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a witness of lies.” This expression is an attributive genitive: “a lying witness” (cf. CEV “dishonest witnesses”). This is paralleled by “the one who pours out lies.”

[19:5]  ² tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

[19:5]  ³ tn Heb “will not escape” (so NAB, NASB); NIV “will not go free.” Here “punishment” is implied, and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  sn This proverb is a general statement, because on occasion there are false witnesses who go unpunished in this life (e.g., Prov 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:9). The Talmud affirms, “False witnesses are contemptible even to those who hire them” (b. Sanhedrin 29b).

[17:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “do you think this,” referring to the clause in v. 3b.

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “O man, the one who judges.”

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “and do them.” The other words are supplied to bring out the contrast implied in this clause.