No arrow is sharper than the tongue

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No arrow is sharper than the tongue

No arrow is sharper than the tongue

Nothing can hurt more than words spoken, such as slander, defamation, incitement, and the like.

("Whoever speaks slander, the Holy One, blessed be He, says to the angel of Gehinnom: 'I am over him from above and you are over him from below; let us judge him,' as it is said (Psalms 120): 'Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom,'—there is no arrow but the tongue, as it is said (Jeremiah 9): 'Their tongue is a sharpened arrow'"—Arachin 15b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין חֵץ אֶלָּא לָשׁוֹן

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין דָּבָר שֶׁיָּכוֹל לִפְגֹּעַ יוֹתֵר מִמִּלִּים שֶׁנֶּאֱמָרוֹת, כְּמוֹ לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, הוֹצָאַת דִּבָּה, הֲסָתָה וְכַדּוֹ'.

("כָּל הַמְּסַפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרַע, אוֹמֵר הקב"ה לַשַּׂר שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם: אֲנִי עָלָיו מִלְּמַעְלָה וְאַתָּה עָלָיו מִלְּמַטָּה נְדוּנֶנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תְּהִלִּים קכ) חֲצִי גִּבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עַם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים- אֵין חֵץ אֶלָּא לָשׁוֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יִרְמְיָהוּ ט') חֵץ שָׁחוּט לשונם"- עֲרָכִין טוּ ע"ב)

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