John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies ,.... Or, "that speaketh lies, even a false witness" F6 So Vatablus, Mercerus, &c.; ; and so this is distinguished from a lying tongue, the second of these evils: this is the sin of bearing false witness against one's neighbour, a breach of the eighth command. It may be rendered, "he that bloweth lies" F7 יפיח כזבים "qui efflat mendacia", Piscator, Michaelis. ; that raises lies, and spreads them abroad, and swears to them, to the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 6:12-19
Solomon here gives us, I. The characters of one that is mischievous to man and dangerous to be dealt with. If the slothful are to be condemned, that do nothing, much more those that do ill, and contrive to do all the ill they can. It is a naughty person that is here spoken of, Heb. A man of Belial; I think it should have been so translated, because it is a term often used in scripture, and this is the explication of it. Observe, 1. How a man of Belial is here described. He is a wicked man,... read more