Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 12:18 in English Standard Version "There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing." Ps 57:4 My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Pr 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.