Proverbs 25:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ A person giving false testimony against his neighbour is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ People who testify falsely against their neighbors are like a club, sword, and sharpened arrow.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:18 Cross References

Exodus 20:16

Do not give false testimony against your neighbour.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 24:28

Don’t testify against your neighbour without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 25:17

Seldom set foot in your neighbour’s house; otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows – they speak deception. With his mouth one speaks peaceably with his friend, but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed  among our members. It stains the whole body,  sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.