Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
17Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
19Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.
Psalms 57:4My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Psalms 140:3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite 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 →