Proverbs 12:18

The Scriptures 1998

Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet to the being, and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 15:4

A healing tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it crushes the spirit.

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Daniel 11:33

“And those of the people who have insight shall give understanding to many. And they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering, for days.

Proverbs 25:18

A man bearing false witness against his neighbour Is like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.

Proverbs 13:17

A messenger that is wrong falls into evil, But a trustworthy envoy is a healing.

Proverbs 4:22

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

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, a bitter word,

Revelation 22:2

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 1:16

And in His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was as the sun shining in its strength.

Psalm 59:7

See, they belch out with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For who is listening?

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.

Psalm 57:5

Be exalted, O Elohim, above the heavens; Let Your esteem be above all the earth.