Proverbs 25:18
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Majority Standard Bible
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
17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap 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 →