Holy Scripture
Proverbs 25:18
A church father on this verse
“He that has been struck by a stone goes to a physician, but sharper than a stone are the strokes of calumny. For, as Solomon has said, "A false witness is a war club, and a sword, and a sharp arrow," and its wounds truth alone is able to cure. If truth is set at naught, the wounds grow worse and worse.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, So also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.
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In context
16Having found honey, eat only what is enough, Lest haply thou be filled, and vomit it up.
17Enter sparingly into thy friend’s house, Lest he be satiated with thy company, and hate thee.
— Proverbs 25:18 —
19The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.
20As vinegar is bad for a sore, So trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, So the grief of a man hurts the heart.