Proverbs 15:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a talebearer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    79%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

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

  • Prov 15:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1A soft answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • Prov 17:20
    77%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 4:24
    76%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Prov 12:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

    19The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce 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%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 21:23
    75%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:11
    75%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 34:13
    75%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

    3He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Prov 25:15
    74%

    15By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    74%

    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Jas 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

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

  • Ps 37:30
    73%

    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Jas 3:8
    73%

    8But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 15:7
    72%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Prov 18:4
    72%

    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  • Prov 11:30
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

  • Rom 3:14
    72%

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Ps 50:19
    71%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

  • Jas 3:10
    71%

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • Prov 15:13
    71%

    13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

  • Matt 7:17
    71%

    17Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 25:11
    71%

    11A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

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