Proverbs 12:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
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“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 12:18 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
- Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
- Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
- Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
- Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Daniel 11:33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
- Revelation 1:16He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
- Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
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