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 babbleth 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 for the bones.
Malachi 4:2
And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
A tree
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!
1 Timothy 6:3
If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,
Revelation 2:7
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.
A breach
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Psalm 109:22
For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.