18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
18 Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
18 Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
23 How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
23 The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition.
23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;
23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
(Read Jeremiah 50:21-32)
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:18
Commentary on Proverbs 25:18
(Read Proverbs 25:18)
A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.