Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Read in context →There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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madqârâh · mad-kaw-raw'
a wound
Strong's KJV usage: piercing.
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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PIERCING, participle present tense pers'ing. Penetrating; entering, as a pointed instrument; making a way by force into another body.
1. Affecting deeply; as eloquence piercing the heart.
2. adjective Affecting; cutting; keen.
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