Proverbs 12:19
The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.
Bible (Bishops')
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
18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
20Deceipt is in the heart of them that imagine euyll: but to the counsaylers of peace shalbe ioy.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:9A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
Matthew 24:35Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe 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 →