Proverbs 12:18
A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
Bible (Bishops')
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
17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.
19The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.
Proverbs 15:4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
Proverbs 16:24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of 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 →