Proverbs 25:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
  • Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue! 4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

  • Prov 12:17-18
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    17Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

    18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    76%

    18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

    19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

  • Deut 19:16
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    16`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • Prov 19:9
    75%

    9A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

  • Prov 25:19
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    19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, `Is' the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

  • Deut 5:20
    74%

    20`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

  • Prov 21:28
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    28A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    73%

    27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

    28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

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    73%

    25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Prov 25:17
    73%

    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

  • Deut 19:18
    73%

    18and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

  • Exod 23:1
    72%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

    5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

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    3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Prov 18:8
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    8The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

  • Ps 120:3
    70%

    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Prov 26:22
    70%

    22The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

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    14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11`And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,

  • Deut 27:24
    70%

    24`Cursed `is' he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Lev 19:16
    70%

    16`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Prov 17:18
    70%

    18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

  • Eccl 10:9
    69%

    9Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Lev 24:19
    69%

    19`And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,

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    3Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,