Proverbs 12:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.

2 Kings 5:26

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

Job 20:5

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

Psalm 52:6

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.