Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
New American Standard Bible
But perversion in it
King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Holman Bible
but a devious tongue
International Standard Version
A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit.
A Conservative Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
American Standard Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Amplified
A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,
But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.
Bible in Basic English
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Darby Translation
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Julia Smith Translation
The healing of the tongue the tree of life: and perverseness in it a breaking in the spirit
King James 2000
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Modern King James verseion
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mind.
NET Bible
Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.
New Heart English Bible
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
The Emphasized Bible
Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
Webster
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness in it is a breach in the spirit.
World English Bible
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Youngs Literal Translation
A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.
Themes
Perversion » Perverseness within the tongue
Speech/communication » Wholesome tongues
Speech/communication » Perverseness within the tongue
Tree of life » What is a tree of life
Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous
Topics
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Sheber
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good. 4 Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit. 5 A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Genesis 3:22-24
And Yahweh God said, "Look--the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. {What if} he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?"
Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 109:22
for I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisper [are] like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down [to] inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer [are] like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like {fattened calves}.
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not devote himself to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching [that is] in accordance with godliness,
Revelation 2:7
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.'