Proverbs 12:18

The Passion Translation

Reckless words are like the thrusts of a sword, cutting remarks meant to stab and to hurt. But the words of the wise soothe and heal.

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Listen, O deceiver, trickster of others: Your words are wicked, harming and hurting all who hear them.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by these fierce and brutal men. They are like lions just wanting to tear me to shreds. Why must I continue to live among these seething terrorists, breathing out their angry threats and insults against me?

Psalm 57:5

Lord God, be exalted as you soar throughout the heavens. May your shining glory be seen in the skies! Let it be seen high above over all the earth!

Psalm 59:7

boiling over with rage, shouting out their curses, convinced that they’ll never get caught.

Psalm 64:3

Can’t you hear their slander, their lies? Their words are like poison-tipped arrows shot from the shadows. They are unafraid and have no fear of consequences.

Proverbs 12:17

Truthfulness marks the righteous, but the habitual liar can never be trusted.

Proverbs 13:17

An undependable messenger causes a lot of trouble, but the trustworthy and wise messengers release healing wherever they go.

Proverbs 15:4

When you speak healing words, you offer others fruit from the tree of life. But unhealthy, negative words do nothing but crush their hopes.

Proverbs 15:7

When wisdom speaks, revelation-knowledge is released, but finding true wisdom in the word of a fool is futile.

Proverbs 16:24

Nothing is more appealing than speaking beautiful, life-giving words. For they release sweetness to our souls and inner healing to our spirits.

Proverbs 25:18

Lying about and slandering people are as bad as hitting them with a club, or wounding them with an arrow, or stabbing them with a sword.

Proverbs 4:22

Then, as you unwrap my words, they will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being.

Daniel 11:33

“These who are filled with wisdom will help many understand what is happening. However, for a season, they will face severe testing. Some will go into captivity, some will be robbed, and some will be killed by the sword and by the flames.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. And his face was shining like the brightness of the blinding sun!

Revelation 22:2

The river was flowing in the middle of the street of the city, and on either side of the river was the Tree of Life, with its twelve kinds of ripe fruit according to each month of the year. The leaves of the Tree of Life are for the healing of the nations.