Proverbs 12:18
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Cross-References
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
“For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.”
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”