Proverbs 15:4

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 3:18

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Genesis 3:22-24

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

Psalm 52:2-4

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 109:22

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.

Proverbs 18:14

A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

1 Timothy 6:3

If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

Revelation 2:7

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.'

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
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

A tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
1 Timothy 6:3
If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
Revelation 2:7
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.'

A breach

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
Psalm 109:22
For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

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