Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Cross References (15)

  • Proverbs 16:24 (20)

    Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Proverbs 15:4 (16)

    A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Psalms 57:4 (8)

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar

  • Psalms 52:2 (7)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • James 3:6–8 (7)

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the cou

  • Proverbs 10:20–21 (6)

    The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

  • Daniel 11:33 (5)

    Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

  • Proverbs 15:7 (5)

    The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

  • Proverbs 25:18 (5)

    Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

  • Proverbs 4:22 (5)

    For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

  • Proverbs 13:17 (5)

    A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

  • Psalms 64:3 (4)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  • Psalms 59:7 (3)

    See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

  • Revelation 22:2 (3)

    down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds o

  • Revelation 1:16 (3)

    He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shi