18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:18
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 18
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[Like] a clubמֵפִ֣יץH4650Noun - masculine singularor swordוְ֭חֶרֶבH2719Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularor sharpשָׁנ֑וּןH8150Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singulararrowוְחֵ֣ץH2671Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular[is] a manאִ֥ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwho bearsעֹנֶ֥הH6030Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularfalseשָֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singularwitnessעֵ֣דH5707Noun - masculine singular constructagainst his neighborבְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּH7453Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular