Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
New American Standard Bible
But perversion in it
King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Holman Bible
but a devious tongue
International Standard Version
A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit.
A Conservative Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
Amplified
A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,
But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.
Bible in Basic English
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Darby Translation
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Julia Smith Translation
The healing of the tongue the tree of life: and perverseness in it a breaking in the spirit
King James 2000
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Modern King James verseion
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mind.
NET Bible
Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.
New Heart English Bible
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
The Emphasized Bible
Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
Webster
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness in it is a breach in the spirit.
World English Bible
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Youngs Literal Translation
A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.
Themes
Perversion » Perverseness within the tongue
Speech/communication » Wholesome tongues
Speech/communication » Perverseness within the tongue
Tree of life » What is a tree of life
Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous
Topics
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Sheber
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good. 4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit. 5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Genesis 3:22-24
And Jehovah 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-
Psalm 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
1 Timothy 6:3
If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.