Proverbs 12:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 ¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 ¶ A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Prov 4:22 : 22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
  • Prov 10:20-21 : 20 ¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 ¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Dan 11:33 : 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    31 ¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

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    19 ¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

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    4 ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17 ¶ [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

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    1 ¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

    2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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    30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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    6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

    8 ¶ The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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    2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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    18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

    19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

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    21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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    12 ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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    21 ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23 ¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

    24 ¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4 ¶ The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

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    11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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    28 ¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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    23 ¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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

  • Prov 26:22
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    22 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Jer 9:8
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  • Prov 17:20
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    20 ¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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    18 Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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  • Prov 16:13-14
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    18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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    21 ¶ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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    15 ¶ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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    18 ¶ As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,