Proverbs 12:19

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Proverbs 12:19


← Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 12:19 (KJV) Proverbs 12:20 →
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The lipH8193 of truthH571 shall be establishedH3559 for everH5703: but a lyingH8267 tongueH3956 is but for a momentH7280.


Original Hebrew

שְׂפַת־אֱמֶת תִּכֹּון לָעַד וְעַד־אַרְגִּיעָה לְשֹׁון שָׁקֶר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שְֽׂפַת
se.fat- H8193 HNcfsc a lip of
אֱ֭מֶת
'E.met H571 HNcfsa reliability
תִּכּ֣וֹן
ti.Kon H3559 HVNi3fs it will be established
לָ/עַ֑ד
la./'Ad H5703 HR/Ncmsa for/ ever
וְ/עַד
ve./'ad- H5704 HC/R and/ until
אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה
'ar.Gi.'ah H7280 HVhh1cs I will grant rest
לְשׁ֣וֹן
le.Shon H3956 HNcbsc a tongue of
שָֽׁקֶר
Sha.ker H8267 HNcmsa falsehood
Strong's References
  • H571 — אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, eh'-meth): contracted from אָמַן (ʼâman) H539; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
  • H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  • H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן (lâshôn); also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה (lᵉshônâh); from לָשַׁן (lâshan) H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  • H5703 — עַד (ʻad, ad): from עָדָה (ʻâdâh) H5710; properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition); eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.
  • H7280 — רָגַע (râgaʻ, raw-gah'): a primitive root; properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids); break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת (sepheth); probably from סָפָה (çâphâh) H5595 or שָׁפָה (shâphâh) H8192 through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (çôwph) H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
  • H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר (shâqar) H8266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (ʻad) H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
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