Proverbs 12:18

Modern English Version

The words of the rash are like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

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

Psalm 57:4

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

Psalm 57:5

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

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they bellow with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, “Who hears us?”

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:17

A truthful witness tells what is right, but a false witness, deceit.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A tongue of healing is a tree of life, but perversity therein is crushing to the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, so is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Daniel 11:33

“The wise among the people shall instruct many. Yet for many days they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by destruction.

Revelation 1:16

He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining brightly.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On each side of the river was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.