Proverbs 15:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”
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“A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 15:4 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
- Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
- Proverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
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