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Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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ASV

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

KJV

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יֵ֣שׁyeshthereH3426 →
בּ֭וֹטֶהBo.teh[is one who] speaks rashlyH981 →
כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹתke.mad.ke.Rotlike thrusts ofH4094 →
חָ֑רֶבCha.reva swordH2719 →
וּלְשׁ֖וֹןu.le.Shonand [the] tongue ofH3956 →
חֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.Mimwise [people]H2450 →
מַרְפֵּֽא׃mar.Pe'[is] healingH4832 →

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James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.Luke 6:45The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.Proverbs 12:25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.Proverbs 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.Proverbs 10:20–21The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.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.James 3:6–8The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.Job 5:21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.Daniel 11:33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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