Proverbs 12:18

A Conservative Version

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Daniel 11:33

And those who are wise among the people shall instruct many, yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Psalm 64:3

who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 1:16

and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?

Proverbs 12:17

He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a FALSE witness, deceit.

Psalm 57:5

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.