Proverbs 12:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Speaketh like the piercings of a sword, hurtful and pernicious words, whereby they either corrupt men's minds and manners, or scandalize them, or injure them in their reputation, estate, or life, or otherwise. The tongue of the wise is health; his speech, both in judgment and in common discourse, is sound and wholesome in itself, and tending to the comfort and benefit of others.

Proverbs 12:18

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