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Proverbs 12:19

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְֽׂפַת־se.fat-a lip ofH8193 →
אֱ֭מֶת'E.metreliabilityH571 →
תִּכּ֣וֹןti.Konit will be establishedH3559 →
לָעַ֑דla.'Adfor everH5703 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untilH5704 →
אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה'ar.Gi.'ahI will grant restH7280 →
לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona tongue ofH3956 →
שָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerfalsehoodH8267 →

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Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.Psalms 52:4–5You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?Zechariah 1:4–6Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.Psalms 34:13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.Acts 5:3–10Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,Hosea 10:13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,Genesis 27:24Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. SelahJudges 16:7Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”Proverbs 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.John 18:26One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”2 Kings 5:26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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