Proverbs 25:18
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
Young's Literal Translation
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
17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated [with] thee, and have hated thee.
19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 140:3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
Jeremiah 9:8A slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
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 →