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Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

KJV

Est qui promittit, et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiæ : lingua autem sapientium sanitas est.

Vulgate

εἰσὶν οἳ λέγοντες τιτρώσκουσιν μάχαιραι, γλῶσσαι δὲ σοφῶν ἰῶνται.

LXX

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

ASV

יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶה כְּ/מַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּ/לְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַטֵּ֨א
bt'
verb · 4×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מַדְקְר֣וֹת
mdqrvt
noun · 1×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 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.
  • Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
  • Jas 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.
  • Job 4:4 — Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
  • Job 5:21 — Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
  • Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
  • Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Prov 10:20 — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
  • Prov 10:20 — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
  • Prov 10:32 — The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
  • Prov 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 13:17 — A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
  • Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
  • Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
  • Prov 15:7 — The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Prov 25:18 — A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 25:18 — A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 59:7 — Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
  • Ps 59:7 — Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Rev 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
  • Rev 22:2 — In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo
  • Rom 6:13 — Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Go