New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit. King James Bible
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Jump to Previous Occurrence
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Breach Breaking Breaks Comforting Crookedness Crushes Crushing Deceit Deceitful Gentle Gentleness Healed Healing Life Perverseness Perversion Soothing Spirit Therein Tongue Tree Twisted Wholesome Wound Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 4 Note, 1. A good tongue is healing, healing to wounded consciences by comforting them, to sin-sick souls by convincing them, to peace and love when it is broken by accommodating differences, compromising matters in variance, and reconciling parties at variance; this is the healing of the tongue, which is a tree of life, the leaves of which have a sanative virtue, Rev. 22:2. He that knows how to discourse will make the place he lives in a paradise. 2. An evil tongue is wounding (perverseness, passion, falsehood, and filthiness there, are a breach in the spirit); it wounds the conscience of the evil speaker, and occasions either guilt or grief to the hearers, and both are to be reckoned breaches in the spirit. Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a brings but crushes deceitful healing in is it life of perversion soothing spirit that The tongue tree Bible Browser | 
