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Proverbs 25:18
Proverbs 25:18 is verse 18 of Proverbs chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
King James Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
World English Bible
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
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Proverbs 25:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
19 Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
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.