Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
but for a moment Lit. while I wink. Comp. Jer 49:19, where the word is rendered, suddenly.
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