Proverbs 12:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

2 Kings 5:26

And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again 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 menservants and maidservants?

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Psalm 52:6

The righteous also shall see it, and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil: But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Matthew 24:35

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