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