Proverbs 25:18
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
Darby Translation
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 neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
19A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Psalms 57:4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. [A man] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.
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 →