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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 man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Prov. 25:18)
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Psa. 52:2• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (Psa. 52:2)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My 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. (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 whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (Psa. 64:3)
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James 3:6‑8• 6And 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.
 7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:6‑8)
like.
Compare.
Rev. 1:16• 16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. (Rev. 1:16)
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Prov. 10:20‑21• 20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
 21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. (Prov. 10:20‑21)
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Prov. 13:17• 17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. (Prov. 13:17)
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Prov. 15:7• 7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. (Prov. 15:7)
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Prov. 16:24• 24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Prov. 16:24)
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Dan. 11:33• 33And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet 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 the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the 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.