New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 25:18
18Like a club, a 1sword, and a sharp 2arrow Is a person who gives 3false testimony against his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Context of Proverbs 25:18
16Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it. 17Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you. Like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow Is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor. 19Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a treacherous person in time of trouble. 20Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda, Is one who sings songs to a troubled heart.
Read all of Proverbs 25Proverbs 25:18 word by word
מֵפִ֣יץ וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 25:18
- Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
- Psalms 55:21His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
- Psalms 120:3What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you, You deceitful tongue?
- Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Commentaries on Proverbs 25:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Maul - A heavy sledge hammer. The word is connected with “malleus:” its diminutive “mallet” is still in use.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Lying can lead to serious consequences (see Proverbs 6:16–19; 14:5, 25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. A false witness is as destructive to reputation, as such weapons to the body (Pr 24:28). beareth ... witness--literally, "answereth questions," as before a judge, against his neighbor.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 25:18 Ps 57:4; Prov 12:18 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 25:18 Jer 9:8 ↩
- 3. Proverbs 25:18 Ex 20:16; Prov 24:28 ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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