Proverbs 12:19

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

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Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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

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Matthew Henry · Verse 19

If truth be spoken, it will hold good; whoever may be disobliged, still it will keep its ground.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.