Proverbs 12:19
The lip of emes shall be established forever, 1 but a lashon sheker is but for a moment. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26And he said unto him, Went not mine lev (spirit) with thee, when the ish turned again from his merkavah to meet thee? Is it a time to receive kesef, and to receive begadim, and zeitim (olive groves), and kramim, and tzon, and bakar, and avadim, and shefachot?
Psalms 52:4The leshon (tongue) deviseth treachery; 1 like a sharp ta'ar (razor), working remiyyah (deceit). 1
Proverbs 19:9An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, 1 and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall perish. 1
Matthew 24:35Shomayim v'HaAretz will pass away, but my Dvar will by no means 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 →