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Proverbs 12:19

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

KJV

Labium veritatis firmum erit in perpetuum ; qui autem testis est repentinus, concinnat linguam mendacii.

Vulgate

χείλη ἀληθινὰ κατορθοῖ μαρτυρίαν, μάρτυς δὲ ταχὺς γλῶσσαν ἔχει ἄδικον.

LXX

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

ASV

שְֽׂפַת אֱ֭מֶת תִּכּ֣וֹן לָ/עַ֑ד וְ/עַד אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
י
y
noun · 177×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
עֶֽד
'd
noun · 47×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
תַרְגִּ֔יעַ
trgy'
verb · 13×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:3 — But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Gen 27:24 — And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
  • Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Judg 16:7 — And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
  • Matt 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  • Prov 19:9 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
  • Ps 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  • Ps 34:13 — Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
  • Ps 52:4 — Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Zech 1:4 — Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearke
  • Zech 8:16 — These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: