Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Holman Bible
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
International Standard Version
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
A Conservative Version
There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
American Standard Version
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Amplified
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Bible in Basic English
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Darby Translation
There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Julia Smith Translation
There is he talking idly as the piercings of the sword: and the tongue of the wise is healing.
King James 2000
There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Modern King James verseion
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
New Heart English Bible
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
The Emphasized Bible
There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.
Webster
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
World English Bible
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Youngs Literal Translation
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
Speaking, evil » General references to
Speech » Evil, general references to
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit. 18 Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing. 19 The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
Psalm 59:7
Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"
Psalm 64:3
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
Proverbs 4:22
for they are life to those who find them and healing to one's entire body.
Proverbs 10:20-21
What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
Proverbs 13:17
An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
Proverbs 15:4
Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
Daniel 11:33
These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.
Revelation 1:16
He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
Revelation 22:2
flowing down the middle of the city's main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.