Proverbs 15:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mas disease, but wha ye sprete is vexed, who maye abyde it?
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 And the LORDE God sayde: lo, Adam is become as it were one of vs, & knoweth good & euell. But now lest he stretch his hande, and take also of the tre of life, and eate, and lyue for euer. 23 Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden, to tyll ye earth, whece he was take. 24 And he cast Adam out. And before the garden of Eden he set Cherubes, and a naked fyrie swerde, to kepe ye waye vnto the tre of life.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. 3 Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure. 4 Thou louest vngraciousnesse more the good, to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 I go hence like ye shadowe that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as ye greshoppers.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But vnto you that feare my name, shall the Sone of rightuousnesse aryse, & health shalbe vnder his winges. Ye shal go forth, & multiplie as ye fat calues.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes,
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 Let him yt hath eares, heare, what ye sprete saith vnto the congregacions. To him that ouercommeth, will I geue to eate of the tree of life, which is in the myddes of ye paradise of God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    79%

    31 The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

    32 The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.

  • Prov 15:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

    2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

    3 The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place, both vpon ye good and badd.

  • Prov 17:20
    77%

    20 Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Prov 4:24
    76%

    24 Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.

  • Prov 12:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18 A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

    19 A true mouth is euer constat, but a dyssemblinge toge is soone chaunged.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20 A mans bely shalbe satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth, and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled.

    21 Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, shal enioye the frute therof.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Prov 21:23
    75%

    23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 10:11
    75%

    11 The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

  • Ps 34:13
    75%

    13 Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.

    3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life: but who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

    20 An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

  • Prov 25:15
    74%

    15 With pacience maye a prynce be pacified, & wt a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be broke.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10 For who so listeth to lyue, and wolde fayne se good dayes, Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes yt they speake no gyle.

  • Jas 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth,

    6 and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23 The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

    24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

  • Ps 37:30
    73%

    30 Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • Jas 3:8
    73%

    8 But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28 A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30 A mery herte is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones.

  • Prov 15:7
    72%

    7 A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 18:4
    72%

    4 The wordes of a mas mouth are like depe waters, and the well of wy?dome is like a full streame.

  • Prov 11:30
    72%

    30 The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of life, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1 A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

  • Rom 3:14
    72%

    14 Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse.

  • Ps 50:19
    71%

    19 Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23 O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5 but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge.

  • Jas 3:10
    71%

    10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

  • Prov 15:13
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    13 A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10 When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21 Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

  • Matt 7:17
    71%

    17 Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute. But a corrupte tree, bryngeth forth euyl frute,

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • Prov 25:11
    71%

    11 A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14 Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22 For they are life vnto all those that finde the, and health vnto all their bodies.