Verse 4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • 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 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the te of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.