Proverbs 15:4

¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

A wholesome {H4832} tongue {H3956} is a tree {H6086} of life {H2416}: but perverseness {H5558} therein is a breach {H7667} in the spirit {H7307}.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but when it twists things, it breaks the spirit.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 12:18 (17 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 16:24 (14 votes)

    ¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Proverbs 18:8 (12 votes)

    ¶ The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  • Proverbs 3:18 (10 votes)

    She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

  • Malachi 4:2 (10 votes)

    But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  • Proverbs 18:14 (8 votes)

    ¶ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Revelation 2:7 (6 votes)

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.