Proverbs 12:18
Good News Translation
Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.

New Revised Standard Version
Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Contemporary English Version
Sharp words cut like a sword, but words of wisdom heal.

New American Bible
The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

that

Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Psalm 52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7 Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

Psalm 64:3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

James 3:6-8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. . . .

like

Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his power.

but

Proverbs 10:20,21 The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding. . . .

Proverbs 13:17 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.

Proverbs 16:24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Daniel 11:33 And they that are learned among the people shall teach many: and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by spoil for many days.

Revelation 22:2 In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month: the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
17He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness. 18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.19The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.…
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 59:7
Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

Proverbs 4:22
With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.

Proverbs 15:4
A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 12:17
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