Proverbs 25:18

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
  • Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

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  • Prov 6:19
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    19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

  • Prov 12:17-18
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    17He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

    18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

    19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"

  • Deut 19:16
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    16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Prov 19:9
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    9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

  • Prov 25:19
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    19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

  • Deut 5:20
    74%

    20"Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 21:28
    74%

    28A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    73%

    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 14:25
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    25A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

  • Prov 25:17
    73%

    17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

  • Deut 19:18
    73%

    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

  • Exod 23:1
    72%

    1"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

    5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Ps 64:3
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    3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Prov 18:8
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    8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

  • Ps 120:3
    70%

    3What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

  • Prov 26:22
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    22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

  • Deut 27:24
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    24'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 19:16
    70%

    16"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Prov 17:18
    70%

    18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Eccl 10:9
    69%

    9Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

  • Lev 24:19
    69%

    19If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Ps 62:3
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    3How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.