King James Version
Proverbs 12:19 in the King James Version says “The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”
Proverbs 12:19 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The lip”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“shall be established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“for ever”
H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“is but for a moment”
H7280properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e., quiet; speci
“tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
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