Proverbs 12:19
True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
In Context
20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
Psalms 52:4\52:2\Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:19
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The tongue is death or life, poison or medicine, as it is used. 1. There are words that are cutting and killing, that are like the piercings of a sword. Opprobrious words grieve the spirits of those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart. Slanders, like a sword, wound the reputation of those of whom they are uttered, and perhaps incurably. Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, divide and cut asunder… Read the whole commentary →