Proverbs 15:4

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A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A person's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—' 23 So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' 3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long. 4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost being.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.

  • Prov 15:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

    3The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, watching both the wicked and the good.

  • Prov 17:20
    77%

    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Prov 12:18-19
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    76%

    18There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

    19Truthful speech endures forever, but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    76%

    20From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach is filled; he is satisfied with the yield of his lips.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps themselves from troubles.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Prov 13:2-3
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    2From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

    3Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Jas 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    74%

    23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Jas 3:8
    73%

    8but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • Prov 15:7
    72%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.

  • Prov 18:4
    72%

    4The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

  • Prov 11:30
    72%

    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • Ps 50:19
    71%

    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A person finds joy in an apt reply—and how good is a timely word!

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Jas 3:10
    71%

    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • Prov 15:13
    71%

    13A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but a heart full of sorrow crushes the spirit.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.

  • Matt 7:17
    71%

    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

  • Prov 25:11
    71%

    11Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.