19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 12:19
Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous
The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.
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Verse 19
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Truthful אֱ֭מֶת H571 Noun - feminine singular lips שְֽׂפַת־ H8193 Noun - feminine singular construct endure forever תִּכּ֣וֹן H3559 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . לָעַ֑ד H5703 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular but a lying שָֽׁקֶר׃ H8267 Noun - masculine singular tongue לְשׁ֣וֹן H3956 Noun - common singular construct [lasts] only וְעַד־ H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition a moment אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה H7280 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular