Proverbs 12:19
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Cross-References
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”
“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
“And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.”