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Proverbs 12:19

The truth does not change. If something is true now, then it will always be true. This is like wisdom (Proverbs 8:22-31). This is also like Jesus, because Jesus never changes (Hebrews 13:8).

Lies do change. When someone lies, he is always changing his story. ‘Many witnesses spoke lies against Jesus. However, their accounts were all different from each other.’ (Mark 14:56)

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See also Proverbs 12:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 12:19. _A LYING TONGUE_ IS _BUT FOR A MOMENT._] _Truth_ stands for ever; because its _foundation_ is indestructible: but _falsehood_ may soon be detected; and, though it gain credit for...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation Pro...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 12:14;...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIP. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken. Illustration: Caleb and Joshua (Numbers 14:30; Numbers 14:38). BUT FOR. MOMENT. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 2...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _but for a moment_ Lit. _while I wink_. Comp. Jeremiah 49:19, where the word is rendered, _suddenly_....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED— The LXX read, _True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness hath an unrighteous tongue._ Houbigant renders it, _Perpetuity is in the lip of truth; the tong...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 12:10-19 10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 11. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that f...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER. He whose lips speak truth shall be established forever in the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11; Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A LYING TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT. — Being detected and silenced by the providence of God, (Comp. Psalms 64:7.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְֽׂפַת ־אֱ֭מֶת תִּכֹּ֣ון לָ עַ֑ד וְ עַד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the LIPS i...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Frameth. He studies how to escape detection. Hebrew, "a lying tongue is but for a moment;" it is presently discovered._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The lip of truth shall be established forever: 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 hap...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVER,.... The man that speaks truth is and will be established in his credit and reputation among men; he is uniform and all of a piece, and what he says is b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment. Ver. 19. _The lips of truth shall be established for ever._] _Veritas odium parit:_ Truth breeds hatred: a go...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword_ Words that are cutting and killing; opprobrious words, which grieve the spirits of those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart; or s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 19. THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER, for truth, although trodden to the earth, will ever rise again; BUT A LYING TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, the falsehood being readily exposed and th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The speaker of truth is constant, and always agreeable to himself, and his words, the more and longer they are tried, the more doth the truth of them appear; whereas liars, though they may make a fair...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 12:19 truthful H571 lip H8193 established H3559 (H8735) forever H5703 lying H8267 tongue H3956 moment H7280

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND SOUND AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 12:17). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the benefits accru...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 12:4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,_ as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9. _He that is despised, and hath a servant._ There are various comments here. He that is...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The lip of truth shall be established for ever._ TRUTHFULNESS I. The righteousness of truth (Proverbs 12:17). The highest and only proper use of speech is to show the right. It may be used to set f...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:16 The fool’s perspective of being “right in his own eyes” (v. Proverbs 12:15) is illustrated in his speech, which is contrasted with that of the wise....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 12:17. SPEAKETH, literally “breathes.” PROVERBS 12:18. SPEAKETH, literally “babbles.” Health, “healing.” PROVERBS 12:19. A MOMENT, literally “while I wink.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 12:1 INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive _knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is brutish (Proverbs 12:1). And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a fool and...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 5:3; Job 20:5; Matthew 24:35; Proverbs 19:9; Psalms 52:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A moment — Liars, though they may make a fair shew for a season, yet are quickly convicted....

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