Proverbs 12:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

KJV

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

WEB

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

ASV

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

LSV

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, || And the tongue of the wise is healing.

YLT

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

DBY

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

DRC

There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

GNV

There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

JPS

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

LXXE

Some wound as they speak, like swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Εἰσὶν οἳ λέγοντες τιτρώσκουσι, μάχαιραι· γλῶσσαι δὲ σοφῶν ἰῶνται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
• Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Proverbs 10:20–21The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• James 3:6–8The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles,…
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
• Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
• Daniel 11:33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
• Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
• Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Revelation 1:16He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
• Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing…

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