A soothingtongueis a treeof life,But perversionin it crushesthe spirit.
For I am afflictedand needy,And my heartis woundedwithinme.
The mouthof the righteousis a fountainof life,But the mouthof the wickedconcealsviolence.
Thereis one who speaksrashlylike the thrustsof a sword,But the tongueof the wisebringshealing.
The eyesof the LORDare in everyplace,Watchingthe eviland the good.
A foolrejectshis father'sdiscipline,But he who regardsreproofis sensible.
Pleasantwordsare a honeycomb,Sweetto the souland healingto the bones.
The spiritof a mancan endurehis sickness,But [as for] a brokenspiritwhocan bearit?
The wordsof a whispererare like daintymorsels,And they godowninto the innermostpartsof the body.
She is a treeof lifeto those who takeholdof her, And happyare all who holdher fast.
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
Ifanyoneadvocates a different doctrineand does not agreewith soundwords,thoseof our LordJesusChrist,and with the doctrineconformingto godliness,
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,I will grantto eatof the treeof lifewhichis in the Paradiseof God.'
