Proverbs 12:18

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. health: Heb. medicine

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: kind: Gr. nature mankind: Gr. nature of man But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. a faithful...: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness

And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. of wisdom: Heb. of heart

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

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: