King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Idle talk can pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise can heal.
Berean Standard Bible:
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
American Standard Version:
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
There is{H3426} that speaketh{H981} like the piercings{H4094} of a sword{H2719}: but the tongue{H3956} of the wise{H2450} is health{H4832}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 16:24
- ¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 15:4
- ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
Psalms 57:4
- My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 52:2
- Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
James 3:6
- And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 3:8
- But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 4:22
- For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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Commentary for Proverbs 12:18
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3426
There are 129 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יֵשׁ
Transliteration: yêsh
Pronunciation: yaysh
Description: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest. - Strong's Number: H981
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּטָא
Transliteration: bâṭâʼ
Pronunciation: baw-taw'
Description: or בָּטָה; a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily; pronounce, speak (unadvisedly). - Strong's Number: H4094
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַדְקָרָה
Transliteration: madqârâh
Pronunciation: mad-kaw-raw'
Description: from דָּקַר; a wound; piercing. - Strong's Number: H2719
There are 372 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֶרֶב
Transliteration: chereb
Pronunciation: kheh'-reb
Description: from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. - Strong's Number: H3956
There are 115 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration: lâshôwn
Pronunciation: law-shone'
Description: or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. - Strong's Number: H2450
There are 133 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָכָם
Transliteration: châkâm
Pronunciation: khaw-kawm'
Description: from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man). - Strong's Number: H4832
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַרְפֵּא
Transliteration: marpêʼ
Pronunciation: mar-pay'
Description: from רָפָא; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.