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Proverbs 25:18 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 25 · verse 18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.Proverbs 25:18 · King James Version
Proverbs 25:18 in context
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- bearethʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- falsesheqeran untruthH8267 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- sharpshânanto pointH8150 →
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Here, 1. The sin condemned is bearing false witness against our neighbour, either in judgment or in common conversation, contrary to the law of the ninth commandment. 2. That which it is here condemned for is the mischievousness of it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary