Proverbs 25:18
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbour is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
World English Bible British
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 your foot be seldom in your neighbour’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 57:4My soul is amongst lions. I lie amongst those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush 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 →