Proverbs 25:18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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WEBBE

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbour is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

BSB

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

KJV

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

ASV

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

BBE

One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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מֵפִיץ me·fitz a war-club H4650 וְחֶרֶב ve·che·rev and a sword H2719 וְחֵץ ve·chetz and an arrow H2671 שָׁנוּן sha·nun sharpened H8150 אִישׁ 'ish a person H376 עֹנֶה 'o·neh [who] testifies H6030 בְרֵעֵהוּ ve·re·'e·hu against neighbor his H7453 עֵד 'ed a witness of H5707 שָׁקֶר sha·ker falsehood H8267

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False TeachersArrowSwordMaul

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.