Proverbs 12:18
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
חֶרֶב
A sword, a cutting weapon. Chereb. Reckless words wound like a sword. Wise words bring healing. The tongue is more powerful than any physical weapon.
מַרְפֵּא
is healing
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מַרְפֵּא
Healing, health, a cure. Marpe. A merry heart is good like medicine. God heals spirit soul and body. He is interested in the whole person.
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חׇכְמָה
Wisdom
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חׇכְמָה
Wisdom. Chokhmah. The ability to apply knowledge rightly. It begins with the fear of the LORD and ends with godly living.
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דָבַר
Speak
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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חָכָם
wise people
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חָכָם
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
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