Proverbs 12:18

New American Bible - revised edition

The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite entered and reported to Saul, saying to him: “David has entered the house of Ahimelech.”

Psalm 57:4

May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah

Psalm 57:5

I must lie down in the midst of lions hungry for human prey. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongue, a sharpened sword.

Psalm 59:7

Each evening they return, growling like dogs, prowling the city.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks honestly testifies truly, but the deceitful make lying witnesses.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger brings on disaster, but a trustworthy envoy is a healing remedy.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of fools is not steadfast.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.

Proverbs 25:18

A club, sword, or sharp arrow— the one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, bringing health to one’s whole being.

Daniel 11:33

Those with insight among the people shall instruct the many; though for a time the sword, flames, exile, and plunder will cause them to stumble.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.

Revelation 22:2

down the middle of its street. On either side of the river grew the tree of life that produces fruit twelve times a year, once each month; the leaves of the trees serve as medicine for the nations.