Proverbs 12:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Proverbs 12:19 Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

Then the other said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, ‘Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’ ” But he was deceiving him.

2 Kings 5:26

But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?

Job 20:5

that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

Psalm 52:6

The righteous will see and fear and will laugh at the evildoer, saying,

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Matthew 24:35

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