18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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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.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18)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; it is in its power to ruin not only men’s reputation, but their lives, estates, families, all that is dear to them. A false testimony is every thing that is danger…
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