18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.


In Context

15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

20 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:18A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.