Proverbs 12:18 - Compare All Versions

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Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Careless words stab like a sword, but wise words bring healing.

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Reckless words are like the thrusts of a sword, cutting remarks meant to stab and to hurt. But the words of the wise soothe and heal.

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.