Proverbs 25:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.

Psalm 52:2

They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.

Psalm 57:4

Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

Proverbs 12:18

He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.

Proverbs 25:17

Withdraw your feet from the house of your neighbor, lest, when he has had his fill, he may hate you.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they have bent their tongue, like a bow, to send forth lies and not the truth. They have been strengthened upon the earth. And they have gone from one evil to another. But they have not known me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush for him.

James 3:6

And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.