Proverbs 12:18
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech
Psalms 57:5and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 64:3Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
Proverbs 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
Proverbs 16:24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:18
17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. Here is, 1. A faithful witness commended for an honest man. He that makes conscience of speaking truth, and representing every thing fairly, to the best of his knowledge, whether in judgment or in common conversation, whether he be upon his oath or no, he shows forth righteousness; he makes it to appear that he is governed and actuated by the principles and laws of righteousness, and he promotes justice by doing honour to it and… Read the whole commentary →