The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
Proverbs 15:4 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that 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, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.