A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:18 belongs to Hezekiah's collection of Solomon's proverbs in chapters 25-29, a collection associated with a king who lived three hundred years after Solomon. Bearing false witness against a neighbor is a wounding weapon like a club or maul, a sword, and a sharp arrow. False testimony inflicts severe harm and injury, for malicious speech is destructive and the evil use of the tongue is a source of wounding. Such harmful speech stands in contrast to a word spoken at the right time, which is beautiful and valuable.
Proverbs 25:18 belongs to Hezekiah's collection of Solomon's proverbs in chapters 25-29, a collection associated with a king who lived three hundred years after Solomon. Bearing false witness against a neighbor is a wounding weapon like a club or maul, a sword, and a sharp arrow. False testimony inflicts severe harm and injury, for malicious speech is destructive and the evil use of the tongue is a source of wounding. Such harmful speech stands in contrast to a word spoken at the right time, which is beautiful and valuable.