Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 in euery place beholde the euill and the good.
5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill. And nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life and eate and liue for euer,
Psalms 109:22Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 16:24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
Malachi 4:2But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the sunne of righteousnesse arise, and health shall be vnder his wings, and ye shall goe forth, and growe vp as fat calues.
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 →