Proverbs 12:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
  • Acts 5:3-9 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own power? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things. 6 And the young men arose, wrapped him up, and carried him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours later, when his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. 8 And Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much. 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out. 10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Ps 52:4-5 : 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

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    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

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    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

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    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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    9A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.

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    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

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    2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

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    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

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    11But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.

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    5A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.

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    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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    7Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

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    2He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.

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    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

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    13The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.