Proverbs 12:19 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 19 Truthful lips will endure forever,+But a lying tongue will last for only a moment.+ Proverbs 15:4 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 4 A calm tongue* is a tree of life,+But twisted speech causes despair.* 1 Peter 2:1 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 2 So rid yourselves of all badness+ and deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all backbiting.