Proverbs 12:19
The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
Psalms 52:4All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will perish.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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 →