A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

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-

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

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.

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;

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.

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Summary

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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A wholesome

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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.

A tree

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
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-
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;
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.

A breach

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

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