Proverbs 14:5

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Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.	A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.	A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A faithful^H529 witness^H5707 will not lie^H3577: but a false^H8267 witness^H5707 will utter^H6315 lies^H3576.

Original Hebrew

עֵד אֱמוּנִים לֹא יְכַזֵּב וְיָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֵ֣ד	'ed	H5707	HNcmsc	a witness of
אֱ֭מוּנִים	'E.mu.nim	H529	HNcmpa	faithfulness(es)
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יְכַזֵּ֑ב	ye.kha.Zev	H3576	HVpi3ms	he tells lies
וְ/יָפִ֥יחַ	ve./ya.Fi.ach	H6315	HC/Vhi3ms	and/ he may breathe out
כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים	ke.za.Vim	H3577	HNcmpa	lies
עֵ֣ד	'ed	H5707	HNcmsc	a witness of
שָֽׁקֶר	Sha.ker	H8267	HNcmsa	falsehood

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H529 — אֵמוּן (ʼêmûwn, ay-moon'): from אָמַן; established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness; faith(-ful), truth.
H3576 — כָּזַב (kâzab, kaw-zab'): a primitive root; to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively; fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
H3577 — כָּזָב (kâzâb, kaw-zawb'): from כָּזַב; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol); deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.
H6315 — פּוּחַ (pûwach, poo'akh): a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff; blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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