Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

General references

Bible References

Lip

Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

But

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.
Job 20:5
the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
Psalm 52:5
This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

General references

Genesis 39:17
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

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