Proverbs 12:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

ASV:

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

BBE:

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

DBY:

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

ERV:

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

JPS:

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

WBS:

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

WEB:

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

YLT:

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 12:18 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body.

Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of {i} a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
(i) Which seek nothing more then to provoke others to anger.

WES:

12:18 Health - Tends to the comfort and benefit of others.

MHC:

12:16. A foolish man is soon angry, and is hasty in expressing it; he is ever in trouble and running into mischief. It is kindness to ourselves to make light of injuries and affronts, instead of making the worst of them. 17. It is good for all to dread and detest the sin of lying, and to be governed by honesty. 18. Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, separate those that have been dear to each other. The tongue of the wise is health, making all whole. 19. If truth be spoken, it will hold good; whoever may be disobliged, still it will keep its ground. 20. Deceit and falsehood bring terrors and perplexities. But those who consult the peace and happiness of others have joy in their own minds. 21. If men are sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. But they that delight in mischief shall have enough of it. 22. Make conscience of truth, not only in words, but in actions. 23. Foolish men proclaim to all the folly and emptiness of their minds. 24. Those who will not take pains in an honest calling, living by tricks and dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly. 25. Care, fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, deprive men of vigour in what is to be done, or courage in what is to be borne. A good word from God, applied by faith, makes the heart glad. 26. The righteous is abundant; though not in this world's goods, yet in the graces and comforts of the Spirit, which are the true riches. Evil men vainly flatter themselves that their ways are not wrong. 27. The slothful man makes no good use of the advantages Providence puts in his way, and has no comfort in them. The substance of a diligent man, though not great, does good to him and his family. He sees that God gives it to him in answer to prayer. 28. The way of religion is a straight, plain way; it is the way of righteousness. There is not only life at the end, but life in the way; all true comfort.

CONC:

Babbleth Brings Healing Heals Health Makes Pierce Piercing Piercings Rash Rashly Speaker Speaketh Speaks Sword Talk Thrusts Tongue Uncontrolled Wise Wounds

Healing Heals Health Makes Pierce Piercing Rash Rashly Reckless Speaker Speaketh Speaks Sword Talk Thrusts Tongue Uncontrolled Wise Words Wounds

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