Proverbs 15:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ A healing tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it crushes 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

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is pierced within me.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 12:18

Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of יהוה are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s discipline, But he who heeds reproof is clever.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet to the being, and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness, But who does bear a broken spirit?

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like delicacies, And they go down into the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a slanderer are as dainty morsels, Which go down into the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those taking hold of her, And blessed are all who retain her.

Malachi 4:2

“But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.

1 Timothy 6:3

If anyone teaches differently and does not agree to the sound words, those of our Master יהושע Messiah, and to the teaching which is according to reverence,

Revelation 2:7

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I shall give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Elohim.” ’