Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips last forever, 1 but a lying tongue is only for a moment. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 5:26Elisha said to Gehazi, “Was not my spirit with you when the man turned his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?
Psalms 52:4You love all words that devour others, 1 you deceitful tongue. 1
Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, 1 but the one who breathes out lies will perish. 1
Matthew 24:35Heaven and the 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 →