Proverbs 12:19 · KJV
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.”
— Proverbs 12:19
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.
Deceit {is} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace {is} joy.
Proverbs 12 — Context
{He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.
19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
20Deceit {is} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace {is} joy.
21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
Psalms 52:4-5
Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
Zechariah 1:4-6
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and {from} your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Acts 5:3-10
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back {part} of the price of the land? {to lie to: or, to deceive}