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
Ye shall not be as your fathers, To whom the former prophets called, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Turn back I pray you, From your evil ways and from your evil doings, And they did not hearken, Nor attend to Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
Job 20:5
That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Psalm 52:5
Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Acts 5:3
And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?
General references
Genesis 39:17
And she speaketh unto him according to these words, saying, 'The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, hath come in unto me to play with me;