Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 21:28

28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth, speaketh constantly.

Heb. A witness of lies▪ one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath not heard nor learned from others, nor seen, but devised in his own heart.

Shall be severely punished either by God or Men, and shall be confounded and silenced, because none will for the future regard or credit his testimony.

He who hears before he speaks, and witnesseth nothing but what he hath heard or seen, and knows to be true.

Doth not contradict himself, but always affirmeth the same thing. Or, as most other Interpreters render the words, speaketh (or, may speak, dare speak freely and boldly) for ever, when lyars are cut off, he lives, and is in a capacity of speaking and bearing witness again and again, as occasion requires, as long as he lives, and his Testimony will be received.

Marginal references: Ch. 19. 5, [illegible: 1+ letters].; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] of lies.