Proverbs 25:18

Modern

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Traditional

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Literal

A club or a sharpened sword, or an arrow, is a man answering against his neighbor a testimony of falsehood.

Latin

Jaculum, et gladius, et sagitta acuta, homo qui loquitur contra proximum suum falsum testimonium.

Hebrew

English

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Lying can lead to serious consequences (see Proverbs 6:16–19; 14:5, 25).

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
James 3:6
The 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.
Proverbs 24:28
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Psalm 120:3–4
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.