Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
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 LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
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 →