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
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.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Psalm 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
General references
Genesis 39:17
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: