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Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

KJV

Lingua placabilis lignum vitæ ; quæ autem immoderata est conteret spiritum.

Vulgate

ἴασις γλώσσης δένδρον ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ συντηρῶν αὐτὴν πλησθήσεται πνεύματος.

LXX

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

ASV

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְ/סֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗/הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּ/רֽוּחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חַי
chy
verb · 502×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×
סֶ֖לֶף
slp
noun · 2×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 44×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:3 — If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
  • 1Tim 6:3 — If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
  • Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
  • Gen 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
  • Mal 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.
  • Matt 12:35 — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
  • Prov 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • Prov 11:30 — The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Prov 26:22 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 109:22 — For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Rev 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.
  • Rev 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.