Proverbs 12:19
The lips of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
A Conservative Version
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 he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26And he said to him, Did not my heart go [with thee] when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and m
Psalms 52:4Thou love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 19:9A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.
Matthew 24:35The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not 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 →