Cross references

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword,

but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 12:18 BSB

Proverbs 12:18 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:24 (21 votes) and Proverbs 15:4 (17 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 34 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Proverbs 12:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  2. A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  3. Psalm 57:49 votes

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

  4. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

  5. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, …

  6. Psalm 52:27 votes

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  7. For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

  8. The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

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

  10. A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

  11. Psalm 64:34 votes
  12. Psalm 59:73 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 12:18?

The 10 strongest of 29.