Proverbs 25:18
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
In other translations
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.Their 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 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.The 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.
- Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.“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.
- Psalm 120:3-43 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- Psalm 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- Psalm 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalm 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
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