Proverbs 15:4
Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
In Context
3In every place, are the eyes of Yahweh, observing the evil and the good.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22Then said Yahweh God—Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil,—Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding,—
Psalms 109:22For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
Proverbs 10:11A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
Proverbs 16:24A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man, sustaineth his sickness, but, a dejected spirit, who can bear it?
Malachi 4:2So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,—and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose 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 →