Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

There is that speaketh [Hebrew, babbleth, bowTeh (H981 )] like the piercings of a sword (Psalms 57:4 ) but the tongue of the wise is health. Compare with the first clause the last clause of Proverbs 12:17. The tongue of the godly wise not only does not wound, but it heals the wounds inflicted by the ungodly, by excusing and defending the innocent, and by making up quarrels. It is not enoch not to bring forth bad fruit; we must bring forth good fruit.