Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who pours out lies, ¹  and a person who spreads discord ²  among family members. ³ 

a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers.

a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family.

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

a false witness who pours out lies, ¹  and a person who spreads discord ²  among family members. ³ 

¹ sn The Lord hates perjury and a lying witness (e.g., Ps 40:4; Amos 2:4; Mic 1:4). This is a direct violation of the law (Exod 20).

² sn Dissension is attributed in Proverbs to contentious people (21:9; 26:21; 25:24) who have a short fuse (15:8).

³ tn Heb “brothers,” although not limited to male siblings only. Cf. NRSV, CEV “in a family”; TEV “among friends.”

sn These seven things the Lord hates. To discover what the Lord desires, one need only list the opposites: humility, truthful speech, preservation of life, pure thoughts, eagerness to do good, honest witnesses, and peaceful harmony. In the NT the Beatitudes present the positive opposites (Matt 5). It has seven blessed things to match these seven hated things; moreover, the first contrasts with the first here (“poor in spirit” of 5:5 with “haughty eyes”), and the seventh (“peacemakers” of 5:7) contrasts with the seventh here (“sows dissension”).