Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Berean Standard Bible
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
18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
Psalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never 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 →