Proverbs 25:18
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 12:18 There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Psalm 52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 55:21 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 120:3,4 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue? . . .

Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.

Jeremiah 9:3,8 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. . . .

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
17Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate thee. 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.19To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,…
Cross References
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Psalm 57:4
And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 120:4
The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

Proverbs 12:18
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 24:28
Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

Proverbs 25:17
Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate thee.

Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.

Lexicon
[Like] a club
מֵפִ֣יץ (mê·p̄îṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4650: Scatterer, disperser

or sword
וְ֭חֶרֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or sharp
שָׁנ֑וּן (šā·nūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate

arrow
וְחֵ֣ץ (wə·ḥêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

[is] a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who bears
עֹנֶ֥ה (‘ō·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

FALSE
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

witness
עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

against his neighbor.
בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ (ḇə·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow


Additional Translations
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
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