Proverbs 25:18

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Psalm 52:2

The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.

Proverbs 25:17

Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, said the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.