Proverbs 12:18 · KJV
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.”
— Proverbs 12:18
{He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
Proverbs 12 — Context
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent {man} covereth shame. {presently: Heb. in that day}
17{He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.
19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
20Deceit {is} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace {is} joy.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the just {is as} choice silver: the heart of the wicked {is} little worth.
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.
James 3:6-8
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. {course: Gr. wheel}
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.
Daniel 11:33
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.