Proverbs 15:4
+ 15:4 Gr. the healing of the tongue. The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with + 15:4 Gr. spirit. understanding.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 behold both the evil and the good in every place.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And + 3:22 Alex. + the Lord. God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever—
Proverbs 10:11There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
Proverbs 16:24Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
Proverbs 18:14A wise servant calms a man's anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?
Malachi 4:2But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in his wings: and you⌃ shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.
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 →