Proverbs 25:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 They bend their tongues like vowes to shoote out lyes, they waxe strong vppon earth: As for the trueth, they may nothing away withall in the worlde, for they go from one wickednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.
  • Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee? 4 So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes: with Iuniper coales powred on thy head.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very swordes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:19
    77%

    19A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • Prov 19:5
    77%

    5A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.

  • Prov 12:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

    18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

    16Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

  • Prov 26:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

    19So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • Deut 19:16
    75%

    16If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse:

  • Prov 24:28
    75%

    28Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym.

  • Prov 19:9
    75%

    9A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.

  • Prov 25:19
    75%

    19The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foote.

  • Prov 14:5
    75%

    5A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

  • Deut 5:20
    74%

    20Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

  • Prov 21:28
    74%

    28A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.

  • Prov 29:5
    74%

    5Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • Prov 16:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

    28A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

    29A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:

  • Prov 14:25
    73%

    25A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes.

  • Prov 25:17
    73%

    17Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.

  • Deut 19:18
    73%

    18And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother:

  • Ps 15:3
    73%

    3He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour.

  • Exod 23:1
    72%

    1Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Yea, one must kepe hym selfe from another, no man may safely trust his owne brother: for one brother vndermindeth another, one neighbour beguileth another.

    5Yea, one dissembleth with another, and they deale with no trueth: They haue practised their tongues to lye, and taken great paynes to do mischiefe.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 19:28
    71%

    28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.

  • Ps 64:3
    71%

    3Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.

  • Ps 52:2
    71%

    2Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.

  • Prov 18:8
    71%

    8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.

  • Ps 120:3
    70%

    3What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee?

  • Prov 26:22
    70%

    22A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

  • Ps 37:14
    70%

    14The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.

  • Deut 19:11
    70%

    11But and if any man hate his neyghbour, and lay awayte for hym, and ryse agaynst hym, and smyte hym that he die, & then fleeth vnto any of these cities:

  • Deut 27:24
    70%

    24Cursed be he that smyteth his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Lev 19:16
    70%

    16Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde.

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

  • Prov 17:18
    70%

    18Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole.

  • Eccl 10:9
    69%

    9Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • Lev 24:19
    69%

    19And yf a man cause a blemishe in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to hym.

  • Prov 17:20
    69%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 6:12
    69%

    12An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.

  • Ps 62:3
    69%

    3Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: ye shalbe as a tottering wall, and like a broken hedge.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.