Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
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- Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Psalm 52:4–5 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Job 20:5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?