Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:18 in other translations
| BSB | Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. |
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| WEB | A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. |
| ASV | A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. |
| YLT | A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony. |
| DARBY | A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. |
| BBE | One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. |
| Webster | A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. |
What does Proverbs 25:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 25:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 25:18
- Psalms 57:4
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.
- Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- James 3:6
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.
- Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
- Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- Psalms 120:3-4
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
- Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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Context
- Proverbs 25:17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
- Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 25:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Martillo y cuchillo y saeta aguda, es el hombre que habla contra su prójimo falso testimonio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme qui rend un faux témoignage contre son prochain est un marteau, et une épée, et une flèche aiguë. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hammer und Schwert und geschärfter Pfeil: so ist ein Mann, der wider seinen Nächsten falsches Zeugnis ablegt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Jaculum, et gladius, et sagitta acuta, homo qui loquitur contra proximum suum falsum testimonium. |