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Proverbs 12:19

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¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

The lip {H8193} of truth {H571} shall be established {H3559} for ever {H5703}: but a lying {H8267} tongue {H3956} is but for a moment {H7280}.

Truthful words will stand forever, lying speech but a moment.

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 19:9 (10 votes)

    ¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

  • Psalms 52:4 (8 votes)

    Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

  • Psalms 52:5 (8 votes)

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Zechariah 1:4 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Zechariah 1:6 (5 votes)

    But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

  • Job 20:5 (5 votes)

    That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

  • Matthew 24:35 (4 votes)

    Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.