Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,\par\tab Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 12:18 - American Standard Version 2015 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;\par\tab But the tongue of the wise is health. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. American Standard Version (1901) There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health. Common English Bible Some chatter on like a stabbing sword, but a wise tongue heals. Catholic Public Domain Version He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health. |
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,\par\tab Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
My soul is among lions;\par\tab I lie among them that are set on fire,\par\tab Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,\par\tab And their tongue a sharp sword.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;\par\tab {\i Let} thy glory {\i be} above all the earth.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth;\par\tab Swords are in their lips:\par\tab For who, {\i say they}, doth hear?
Who have whet their tongue like a sword,\par\tab And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;\par\tab But a false witness, deceit.
A wicked messenger falleth into evil;\par\tab But a faithful ambassador is health.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life;\par\tab But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge;\par\tab But the heart of the foolish {\i doeth} not so.
Pleasant words are {\i as} a honeycomb,\par\tab Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor\par\tab Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
For they are life unto those that find them,\par\tab And health to all their flesh.
And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, {\i many} days.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve {\i manner of} fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.