Proverbs 15:4 KJV
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4, King James Version
In context
3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.