Proverbs 25:18

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 12:18

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Psalm 52:2

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

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shall not bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.

Proverbs 25:17

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.