Proverbs 15:4

A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.

Proverbs 12:18

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

Genesis 3:22-24

Later, the LORD God said, "Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won't reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever "

Psalm 52:2-4

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Psalm 109:22

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

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.

Malachi 4:2

But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls

1 Timothy 6:3

If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching,

Revelation 2:7

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

A wholesome

Proverbs 12:18
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.
Malachi 4:2
But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls

A tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.
Genesis 3:22
Later, the LORD God said, "Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won't reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever "
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching,
Revelation 2:7
"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"

A breach

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Psalm 109:22
Indeed, I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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