They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
Proverbs 25:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Common English Bible People who testify falsely against their neighbors are like a club, sword, and sharpened arrow. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. |
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.