Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 25:18
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee. A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy 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 that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Psalms 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Psalms 120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
- Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah
- Jeremiah 9:3And 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 know not me, saith the LORD.
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, 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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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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