Proverbs 25:18 “Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness a…”

Proverbs 25:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

American Standard Version

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Geneva Bible 1599

A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

Darby Translation

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

Young's Literal Translation

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Bible in Basic English

One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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Cross references

“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.”

Psalm 57:4 Proverbs 12:18 Jeremiah 9:8 James 3:6 Jeremiah 9:3 Psalm 52:2

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.

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 9:8 · BSB

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 3:6 · 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.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“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 52:2 · BSB

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

Also

Proverbs 24:28

Proverbs 24:28 · BSB

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

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

In context

17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Read Proverbs 25