Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Revised Version 1895
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, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
5A fool despiseth his father’s correction: but he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of 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 →