Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
A wholesome
Bible References
A wholesome
Proverbs 12:18
There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is medicine.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and medicine to the bones.
Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness be born, and in his wings he shall bring saving health; and ye shall go forth and jump like calves of the herd.
A tree
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those that lay hold upon her, and blessed is every one that retains her.
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, knowing 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,
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
Revelation 2:7
He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; To him that overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
A breach
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.