Proverbs 26:18

The Passion Translation

The one who is caught lying to his friend, who says, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,” can be compared to a madman randomly shooting off deadly weapons.

Cross References

Genesis 49:23

Persecutors fiercely attacked him; they pursued him with their bow and arrows.

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 7:23

He’s like a man about to be executed with an arrow right through his heart— like a bird that flies into the net, unaware of what’s about to happen.

Isaiah 50:11

But if you presume to light your own torch, you are playing with fire. So go ahead, walk in the light of your own fires and the sparks you have kindled. But I can promise you this: it will take you down into torment!

Judges 15:4

Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, tied their tails together in pairs, and lashed a torch between each pair of tails.