Proverbs 14:25
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Berean Study Bible
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

Young's Literal Translation
A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

King James Bible
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.

Hebrew
A truthful
אֱמֶ֑ת (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

witness
עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

saves
מַצִּ֣יל (maṣ·ṣîl)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

lives,
נְ֭פָשׁוֹת (nə·p̄ā·šō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

but one who utters
וְיָפִ֖חַ (wə·yā·p̄i·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6315: To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff

lies
כְּזָבִ֣ים (kə·zā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

is deceitful.
מִרְמָֽה׃ (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4820: Deceit, treachery

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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