Proverbs 12:18
What does Proverbs 12:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 12:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
- Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolishdoethnot so.
- Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
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