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Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

World English Bible

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

American Standard Version

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

Geneva Bible 1599

There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

Darby Translation

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Young's Literal Translation

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Bible in Basic English

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

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Cross references

“that”

Psalm 57:4 James 3:6–8 Psalm 52:2 Proverbs 25:18 Psalm 64:3 Psalm 59:7

Psalm 57:4 · BSB

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.

James 3:6–8 · BSB

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.

Psalm 52:2 · BSB

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Proverbs 25:18 · BSB

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 59:7 · BSB

See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

“like”

Revelation 1:16

Revelation 1:16 · BSB

He 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.

“but”

Proverbs 16:24 Proverbs 15:7 Proverbs 13:17 Daniel 11:33 Revelation 22:2 Proverbs 10:20

Proverbs 16:24 · BSB

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 15:7 · BSB

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 13:17 · BSB

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Daniel 11:33 · BSB

Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

Revelation 22:2 · BSB

down 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…

Proverbs 10:20 · BSB

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

Also

Proverbs 15:4 Proverbs 4:22

Proverbs 15:4 · BSB

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 4:22 · BSB

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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