THEOSISProverbs 25:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
מֵפִ֣יץ וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 57 (56):4
- Prov 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Jer 9:8Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.
- Jas 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.
- Jer 9:3And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.
- Prov 24:28Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.
- Ps 120 (119):3
- Ps 120 (119):4