Pro 12:18, 14:3 | ESV | STEP | There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts , but the tongue of the wise brings healing .

Proverbs 12:18

18 ^aThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings ^bhealing.

3 By the mouth of a fool comes ^ca rod for his back, ^{▼▼Or In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride}
^ebut the lips of the wise will preserve them.