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 fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
But
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes lies will perish.
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
Psalm 52:5
But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
General references
Genesis 39:17
Then she told her husband the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you brought among us, came to me to mock and insult me;