Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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- Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Psalm 52:4–5 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 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.
- Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?