19Truthful 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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Truthfulאֱ֭מֶתH571Noun - feminine singularlipsשְֽׂפַת־H8193Noun - feminine singular constructendure foreverתִּכּ֣וֹןH3559Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular. . .לָעַ֑דH5703Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularbut a lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singulartongueלְשׁ֣וֹןH3956Noun - common singular construct[lasts] onlyוְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositiona momentאַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָהH7280Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular