Proverbs 12:19
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”Proverbs 12:19
What Does Proverbs 12:19 Mean?
Proverbs 12:19 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 12, verse 19 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Truth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 12:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 19:9“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”Psalms 52:4“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”Ephesians 4:25“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”Job 20:5“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”Psalms 34:13“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”Zechariah 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 hearken unto me, saith the LORD.”Psalms 31:18“Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”Psalms 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.”Hosea 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.”Zechariah 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:”Matthew 24:35“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”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?”Genesis 27:24“And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.”Judges 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.”Psalms 52:5“God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.”Proverbs 21:28“A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.”Genesis 18:15“Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.”Genesis 39:17“And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:”Joshua 9:16“And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.”1 Samuel 27:11“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.”
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