Proverbs 15:4

Modern English Version

A tongue of healing is a tree of life, but perversity therein is crushing to the spirit.

Cross References

Psalm 109:22

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

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 12:18

The words of the rash are like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching on the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool spurns the instruction of his father, but he who heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but a wounded spirit, who can bear?

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up like calves from the stall.

1 Timothy 6:3

Anyone who teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, to the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to godly teaching

Revelation 2:7

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give permission to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.