Proverbs 12:19
The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
20Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26But he saide vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is this a time to take money, and to receiue garments, and oliues, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and maide seruants?
Psalms 52:4Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!
Proverbs 19:9A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Matthew 24:35Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe 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 →