Proverbs 15:4
A healing tongue is a tree of life, 1 but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 Yahweh are everywhere, 1 keeping watch over the evil and the good. 1
5A fool has contempt for his father's instruction, 1 but he who learns from correction is prudent. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:22Yahweh God said, “Now the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. So now he must not be allowed to reach out with his hand, take from the tree of life, eat it, and live forever.”
Psalms 109:22For I am oppressed and needy, 1 and my heart is wounded within me. 1
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous person is a water spring of life, 1 but the mouth of the wicked covers up violence. 1
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb— 1 sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. 1
Proverbs 18:14A person's spirit will survive sickness, 1 but a broken spirit who can bear it? 1
Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and you will 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 →