Proverbs 15:4
A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
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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.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 10:31-322 verses79%
31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.
- Prov 15:1-33 verses78%
1 A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.
2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place, beholdeth both the good and the bad.
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20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.
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24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.
- Prov 12:18-192 verses76%
18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
19 The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.
- Prov 18:20-212 verses76%
20 A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
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23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.
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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
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13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.
- Prov 13:2-32 verses74%
2 Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.
3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
- Prov 10:19-202 verses74%
19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.
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15 With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.
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10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.
- Jas 3:5-62 verses74%
5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.
6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
- Prov 16:23-242 verses74%
23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.
24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
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30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
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5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
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4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
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8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.
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28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
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30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
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7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
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4 The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.
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30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
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1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
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12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
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14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.
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19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.
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23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.
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5 For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.
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10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.
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13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.
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7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.
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10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.
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21 Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.
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17 Euen so, euery good tree, bryngeth foorth good fruite: But a corrupt tree, bryngeth foorth euyll fruite.
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7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
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11 A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.
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14 Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.
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22 For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.