Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
A wholesome
Bible References
A wholesome
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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.
A tree
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Genesis 3:22
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-
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.
A breach
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Psalm 52:2
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.