Proverbs 25:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.”
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“Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:18 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- 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 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- 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.
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