Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Note A wholesome…: Heb. The healing of the tongue
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- A wholesome
- Heb. The healing of the.
- Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 16:24; Malachi 4:2
- a tree
- Proverbs 3:18; Genesis 3:22–24; 1 Timothy 6:3; Revelation 2:7
- a breach
- Proverbs 18:8, 14; Proverbs 26:22; Psalm 52:2–4; Psalm 109:22