Proverbs 15:4
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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.
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- KJV
- A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- WEB
- A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
- ASV
- A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
- DARBY
- Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
- BLB
- A healing tongue [is] a tree of life, and crookedness in it is a breaking in the spirit.
- ÅB
- En saktmodig tunge er et livsens tre, men en falsk tunge sårer hjertet.
- OTB
- En lindrende tunge er et livets tre, men en vrang tunge knuser ånden.
- B1930
- En saktmodig tunge er et livsens tre, men en falsk tunge sårer hjertet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Read in contextProverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Read in contextProverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Read in contextProverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Read in contextMalachi 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.
Read in contextProverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Read in contextRevelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Read in contextPsalms 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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