Proverbs 12:18

Lighthouse Bible 2006

There is the man who speaks like the piercing of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises mischief; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions: and I lie even 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 57:5

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, hears?

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks truth declares righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a wound in the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not do so.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 25:18

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

Proverbs 4:22

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

Daniel 11:33

And those who understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by plunder, many days.

Revelation 1:16

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.

Revelation 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruit, and yielded its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.