Proverbs 15:4
A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
In Context
3In every place, the eyes of the Lord consider good and evil.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And he said: “Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Therefore, now perhaps he may put forth his hand and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live in eternity.”
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
Proverbs 16:24Careful words are a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and healthful to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustains his weakness. Yet who can sustain a spirit that is easily angered?
Malachi 4:2But unto you, who fear my name, the Sun of justice will arise, and health will be in his wings. And you will go forth and leap like the calves of the herd.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:4
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. The great truths of divinity are of great use to enforce the precepts of morality, and none more than this—That the eye of God is always upon the children of men. 1. An eye to discern all, not only from which nothing can be concealed, but by which every thing is actually inspected, and nothing overlooked or looked slightly upon: The eyes of the Lord are in every place; for he not only sees all from… Read the whole commentary →