Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
- Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
- Prov 16:24 : 24 Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
- Prov 18:8 : 8 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
- Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
- Gen 3:22-24 : 22 And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill; nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life & eate & liue for euer, 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken. 24 Thus he cast out man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sworde shaken, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
- Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully. 3 Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah. 4 Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!
- Ps 109:22 : 22 Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
- Mal 4:2 : 2 But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the sunne of righteousnesse arise, and health shall be vnder his wings, and ye shall goe forth, & growe vp as fat calues.
- 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consenteth not to the wholesome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine, which is according to godlinesse,
- Rev 2:7 : 7 Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches, To him that ouercommeth, will I giue to eate of the tree of life which is in the middes of the Paradise of God.
- Prov 26:22 : 22 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 10:31-322 verses79%
31 The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.
- Prov 15:1-33 verses78%
1 A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.
2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place beholde the euill and the good.
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20 The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.
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24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
- Prov 12:18-192 verses76%
18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
19 The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.
- Prov 18:20-212 verses76%
20 With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
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23 He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.
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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
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13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.
- Prov 13:2-32 verses74%
2 A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.
3 Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.
- Prov 10:19-202 verses74%
19 In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
20 The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.
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15 A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.
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10 For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.
- Jas 3:5-62 verses74%
5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.
6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
- Prov 16:23-242 verses74%
23 The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.
24 Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
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30 The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
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5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
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4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
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8 But the tongue can no man tame. It is an vnruly euill, full of deadly poyson.
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28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
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30 A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
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7 The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.
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4 The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.
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30 The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise.
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1 The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.
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12 The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.
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14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
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19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.
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23 A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due seaso?
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5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
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10 Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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13 A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
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7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
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10 A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.
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21 The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.
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17 So euery good tree bringeth foorth good fruite, & a corrupt tree bringeth forth euill fruite.
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7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
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11 A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.
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14 A man shalbe satiate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall God giue vnto him.
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22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.