Proverbs 15:4
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
In Context
3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
5A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever !
Psalms 109:22For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
Malachi 4:2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
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 →