Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor 1 is like a club used in war, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plans destruction 1 like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 1
Psalms 57:4My life is among lions; 1 I am among those who are ready to devour me. 1 I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows, 1 and whose tongues are sharp swords. 1
Psalms 140:3Their tongues wound like serpents; 1 vipers' poison is on their lips. Selah 1
Proverbs 24:28Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause 1 and do not deceive with your lips. 1
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are sharpened arrows; they speak unfaithful things. 1 With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them. 1
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 →