Proverbs 15:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ The tongue that heals is a tree of life, but a devious tongue  breaks the spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: But perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

Common English Bible

⁴ Wholesome speech is a tree of life, but dishonest talk breaks the spirit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.

Proverbs 15:4 Cross References

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the  Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste  and health to the body.  ,

Proverbs 18:14

A person’s spirit can endure sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Proverbs 18:8

A gossip’s words are like delicacies that go down to one’s innermost being.  ,

Proverbs 26:22

A gossip’s words are like delicacies that go down to one’s innermost being.  ,

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life  to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.

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 playfully jump like calves from the stall.

1 Timothy 6:3

If anyone teaches false doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord  Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,

Revelation 2:7

‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give   the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in   the paradise of God.