Proverbs 15:4 - American Standard Version 2015 A gentle tongue is a tree of life;\par\tab But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: But perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit. Common English Bible Wholesome speech is a tree of life, but dishonest talk breaks the spirit. Catholic Public Domain Version A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit. |
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;\par\tab But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;\par\tab But the tongue of the wise is health.
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,\par\tab Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
A fool despiseth his father's correction;\par\tab But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Pleasant words are {\i as} a honeycomb,\par\tab Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;\par\tab But a broken spirit who can bear?
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,\par\tab And they go down into the innermost parts.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,\par\tab And they go down into the innermost parts.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:\par\tab And happy is every one that retaineth her.
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, {\i even} the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.\par