Proverbs 12:18
“There is that speaketh like the pearcings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
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Proverbs 12:18 Context
16A fooles wrath is presently knowen: but a prudent man couereth shame. 17He that speaketh trueth, sheweth foorth righteousnesse: but a false witnesse, deceit. 18There is that speaketh like the pearcings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19The lippe of trueth shall bee established for euer: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellours of peace, is ioy.
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
- King James Version
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)