Proverbs 15:4
A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
Bible (Bishops')
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 the Lorde in euery place, beholdeth both the good and the bad.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Proverbs 16:24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
Proverbs 18:14A good stomacke beareth out sickenesse: but the minde beyng sicke, who shall heale it?
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 →