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
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Malachi 4:2
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

A tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.
Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

A breach

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 109:22
For I am afflicted and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.