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Verse Proverbs 12:19. _A LYING TONGUE_ IS _BUT FOR A MOMENT._] _Truth_
stands for ever; because its _foundation_ is indestructible: but
_falsehood_ may soon be detected; and, though it gain credit for...
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CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS
In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his
words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation
Pro...
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PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite
subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs
12:14;...
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LIP. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is
spoken. Illustration: Caleb and Joshua (Numbers 14:30; Numbers 14:38).
BUT FOR. MOMENT. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 2...
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_but for a moment_ Lit. _while I wink_. Comp. Jeremiah 49:19, where
the word is rendered, _suddenly_....
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THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED— The LXX read, _True lips
establish testimony; but a hasty witness hath an unrighteous tongue._
Houbigant renders it, _Perpetuity is in the lip of truth; the tong...
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TEXT Proverbs 12:10-19
10.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;
But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that f...
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4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn
on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11;
Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 12
V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction.
Only a stupid person hates correction....
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The truth does not change. If something is true now, then it will
always be true. This is like wisdom (Proverbs 8:22-31). This is also
like Jesus, because Jesus never changes (Hebrews 13:8).
Lies do...
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A LYING TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT. — Being detected and silenced by
the providence of God, (Comp. Psalms 64:7.)...
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שְֽׂפַת ־אֱ֭מֶת תִּכֹּ֣ון לָ עַ֑ד וְ
עַד
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CHAPTER 13
THE TONGUE
"A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the
doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14
"In the transgression of the LIPS i...
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Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not
counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is
able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...
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_Frameth. He studies how to escape detection. Hebrew, "a lying tongue
is but for a moment;" it is presently discovered._...
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The lip of truth shall be established forever: 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. There shall no evil hap...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVER,.... The man that
speaks truth is and will be established in his credit and reputation
among men; he is uniform and all of a piece, and what he says is
b...
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The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue
[is] but for a moment.
Ver. 19. _The lips of truth shall be established for ever._] _Veritas
odium parit:_ Truth breeds hatred: a go...
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_There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword_ Words that are
cutting and killing; opprobrious words, which grieve the spirits of
those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart; or s...
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V. 19. THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER, for truth,
although trodden to the earth, will ever rise again; BUT A LYING
TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, the falsehood being readily exposed and
th...
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The speaker of truth is constant, and always agreeable to himself, and
his words, the more and longer they are tried, the more doth the truth
of them appear; whereas liars, though they may make a fair...
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Proverbs 12:19 truthful H571 lip H8193 established H3559 (H8735)
forever H5703 lying H8267 tongue H3956 moment H7280
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND SOUND AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 12:17).
In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to
falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the
benefits accru...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort
and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...
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Proverbs 12:4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,_ as
illustrated at large in chap. 31.
Proverbs 12:9. _He that is despised, and hath a servant._ There are
various comments here. He that is...
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_The lip of truth shall be established for ever._
TRUTHFULNESS
I. The righteousness of truth (Proverbs 12:17). The highest and only
proper use of speech is to show the right. It may be used to set
f...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:16 The fool’s perspective of being
“right in his own eyes” (v. Proverbs 12:15) is illustrated in his
speech, which is contrasted with that of the wise....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:17. SPEAKETH, literally “breathes.”
PROVERBS 12:18. SPEAKETH, literally “babbles.” Health,
“healing.”
PROVERBS 12:19. A MOMENT, literally “while I wink.”...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 12:1
INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults,
gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive
_knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...
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Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is
brutish (Proverbs 12:1).
And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he
will love you. Instruct a fool and...
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Acts 5:3; Job 20:5; Matthew 24:35; Proverbs 19:9; Psalms 52:5;...
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A moment — Liars, though they may make a fair shew for a season, yet
are quickly convicted....