Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
In Context
17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:18
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. Here he mentions another pleasure which we must not take too much of, that of visiting our friends, the former for fear of surfeiting ourselves, this for fear of surfeiting our neighbour. 1. It is a piece of civility to visit our neighbours sometimes, to show our respect to them and concern for them, and to cultivate and improve mutual acquaintance and love, and that we may have both the satisfaction and advantage of their… Read the whole commentary →