Proverbs 12:18

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, etc.] Whose words are like sharp swords, cutting, wounding, dividing, killing; (see <195704>”

“speaketh--literally, "speaketh hastily," or indiscreetly (Psa 106:33), as an angry man retorts harsh and provoking invectives. tongue . . . health--by soothing and gentle language.”

“Health - Tends to the comfort and benefit of others. Proverbs 12:19”

“that: Pro 25:18; Psa 52:2, Psa 57:4, Psa 59:7, Psa 64:3; Jam 3:6-8 like: Compare, Rev 1:16 but: Pro 10:20, Pro 10:21, Pro 13:17, Pro 15:7, Pro 16:24; Dan 11:33; Rev 22:2 Proverbs 12:19”

“18 There is that babbleth like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing. The second (cf. Pro 11:24) of the proverbs beginning with ישׁ. The verb בּטה (בּטא), peculiar to the Hebr., which in the modern Hebr. generally means "to speak out" (מבטא in the grammar: the pronunciation) (according to which the lxx, Syr., and Targ. translate it by אמר), means in biblical Hebr., especially with reference to the binding of oneself by an oath ( Lev 5:4), and to solemn protestations ( Num 30:7, Num 30:9, according to which Jerome, promittit): to utter incautiously in words, to speak without thought and at random, referred erroneously by Gesenius to the R. בט, to be hollow, probably a…”