Proverbs - 25:18 Meaning

“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:17-18 We cannot be upon good terms with our neighbours, without discretion as well as sincerity. How much better a Friend is God than any other friend! The oftener we come to him, the more welcome. 18. A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.

“Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;”

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