Proverbs 12:18
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
— Proverbs 12:18, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.
American Standard Version (ASV)
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.