Proverbs 15:4

World English Bible (2000)

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
  • Gen 3:22-24 : 22 Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." 23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn't consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
  • Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 15:1-3
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    78%

    1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

    3Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Prov 17:20
    77%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 4:24
    76%

    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 12:18-19
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    76%

    18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

    19Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    76%

    20A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Prov 13:2-3
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    2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

    3He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

  • Prov 10:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Prov 25:15
    74%

    15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    74%

    10For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    74%

    5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

    6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Jas 3:8
    73%

    8But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

  • Prov 15:7
    72%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14"whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

  • Ps 50:19
    71%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Jas 3:10
    71%

    10Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • Prov 15:13
    71%

    13A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

  • Matt 7:17
    71%

    17Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

  • Prov 25:11
    71%

    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.