They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. Selah
Proverbs 25:18 - Revised Standard Version A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. American Standard Version (1901) A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Common English Bible People who testify falsely against their neighbors are like a club, sword, and sharpened arrow. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. |
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. Selah
you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.
His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.