Proverbs 25:18
A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Catholic Public Domain 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
17Withdraw your feet from the house of your neighbor, lest, when he has had his fill, he may hate you.
19Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,
Cross References
Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 57:4Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
Psalms 140:3O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.
Proverbs 24:28Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush 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 →