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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
that speaketh
bata' (Hebrew #981)
a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
KJV usage: pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).
Pronounce: baw-taw'
Origin: or batah {baw-taw'}
like the piercings
madqarah (Hebrew #4094)
a wound
KJV usage: piercing.
Pronounce: mad-kaw-raw'
Origin: from 1856
of a sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
: but the tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
is health
marpe' (Hebrew #4832)
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
KJV usage: ((in-))cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
Pronounce: mar-pay'
Origin: from 7495
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 25:18• 18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. (Prov. 25:18)
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Psa. 52:2• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit. (Psa. 52:2)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)
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Psa. 59:7• 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear? (Psa. 59:7)
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Psa. 64:3• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word; (Psa. 64:3)
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James 3:6‑8• 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;
 8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison. (James 3:6‑8)
like.
Compare.
Rev. 1:16• 16and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power. (Rev. 1:16)
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Prov. 10:20‑21• 20The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
 21The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:20‑21)
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Prov. 13:17• 17A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health. (Prov. 13:17)
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Prov. 15:7• 7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish. (Prov. 15:7)
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Prov. 16:24• 24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones. (Prov. 16:24)
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Dan. 11:33• 33And they that are wise among the people shall instruct the many; and they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. (Dan. 11:33)
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Rev. 22:2• 2In the midst of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that side, the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations. (Rev. 22:2)
• The one who hesitates not at deliberate lying scatters pain and sorrow on every side; his venomed words piercing like a sword the hearts of sensitive and gentle souls. To these the tongue of the wise is health and up-building. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.