Proverbs 12:19

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

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 money 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.