19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. …
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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. …
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19)Be it observed, to the honour of truth, that sacred thing, 1. That, if truth be spoken, it will hold good, and, whoever may be disobliged by it and angry at it, yet it will keep its ground. Great is the truth and will prevail. What is true will be always true; we may abide by it, and need not fear being disproved and put to shame. 2. That, if truth be denied, yet in time it will transpire. A lying…
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