Proverbs 25:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 12:18

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

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like their bow; lies and not truth prevail upon the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.

Proverbs 24:28

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

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s; under their lips is the venom of vipers.    Selah

Psalm 52:2

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

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, but 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 seldom be in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.