Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth will stand firm for ever; but only for a moment the tongue of falsehood.
Leeser Tanakh
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 that contrive evil; but for the counsellors of peace there is joy.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26And he said unto him, My mind was not gone, when the man turned round from his chariot to meet thee. Is it a time to take money, and to take garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?
Psalms 52:4(52:6) Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
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 →