Proverbs 15:4

The English Standar Version

A gentle[1] tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Proverbs 3:18

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

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

1 Timothy 6:3

If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound[2] words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Psalm 109:22

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

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 10:11

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