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Proverbs 12:19 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 12 · verse 19

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.Proverbs 12:19 · King James Version

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Proverbs 12:19 in context

17He 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.

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Commentary

Be it observed, to the honour of truth, that sacred thing, 1. That, if truth be spoken, it will hold good, and, whoever may be disobliged by it and angry at it, yet it will keep its ground. Great is the truth and will prevail. What is true will be always true;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

Cross references

Proverbs 19:9

Key words (Strong's)

establishedkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
lyingsheqeran untruthH8267 →
everʻadproperly, a terminusH5703 →
lipsâphâhthe lipH8193 →

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