Proverbs 21:28 (BSB)

A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:28: Here is, 1. The doom of a false witness. He who, for favour to one side or malice to the other, gives in a false evidence, or makes an affidavit of that which he knows to be false, or at least does not know to be true, if it be discovered, his reputation will be ruined.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:28: A false witness shall perish,.... As witness he shall perish in his reputation, no credit shall be given him, he shall not be admitted an evidence, or a witness in any cause, being found a false one; and as a man, he shall be punished in body or estate by the civil magistrate, and his soul shall perish eternally, unless he has true repentance for...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:28: (Compare Pro 19:5). that heareth--or heeds instruction, and so grows wise. speaketh constantly--or sincerely (compare Hab 1:5), and hence is believed (Pro 12:19; Jam 1:19).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 21:28: A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. (m) He may boldly testify the truth that he has heard.