Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.
Psalms 52:4All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together, there is none that doth good, no not one.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass. Shall pass... Because they shall be changed at the end of the world into a new heaven and new earth.
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 →