Verse 4

A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A good stomacke beareth out sickenesse: but the minde beyng sicke, who shall heale it?
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer. 23 Therefore the Lorde God sent hym foorth fro the garden of Eden, to worke the grounde whence he was taken. 24 And so he droue out man, and at the east side of the garde of Eden he set Cherubins, and a fierie two edged sworde, to kepe the way of the tree of lyfe.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser. 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah. 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 Deliuer me, for truely I am afflicted: and I am poore, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnesse aryse, and health shalbe vnder his winges: and ye shall go foorth and skippe lyke fatte calues.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 Let hym that hath an eare, heare what ye spirite sayth vnto the Churches. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe, which is in the middes of the paradise of God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.