Proverbs 25:18

English Standard Version 2016

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Cross References

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

Proverbs 24:28

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

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 25:17

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.