Proverbs 12:19
17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
18 Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
21 No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Sannhets leppe blir fast for all tid, men falskhets tunge bare et øyeblikk.
- OTB
- Sannferdig tale er varig, men svikefulle ord er kortvarige.
- B1930
- Sannhets lebe blir fast for all tid, men falskhets tunge bare et øieblikk.
- BSB
- Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- KJV
- The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- WEB
- Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
- ASV
- The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- DARBY
- The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- BLB
- The lip of truth is established forever, and the tongue of deceit for an instant.
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 52:4–5
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Les i sammenhengJob 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Les i sammenhengZechariah 1:4–6
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
Les i sammenhengActs 5:3–10
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
Les i sammenhengMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
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