Proverbs 12:19
True lips establish testimony; 1 But a hasty witness has an unjust tongue. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
18Some wound as they speak, like swords; 1 But the tongues of the wise heal. 1
20There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; 1 But they that love peace shall rejoice. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26Whence comest thou, Gehazi? and Gehazi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisha said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
Psalms 52:4They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; 1 There is none that does good, there is not even one. 1
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished; 1 And whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it. 1
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 →