Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Cross References (12)

  • Proverbs 12:18 (18)

    Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Proverbs 16:24 (18)

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

  • Proverbs 18:8 (12)

    The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

  • Malachi 4:2 (10)

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and lea

  • Proverbs 3:18 (10)

    She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

  • Proverbs 18:14 (8)

    The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

  • Revelation 2:7 (7)

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right t

  • Proverbs 26:22 (6)

    The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

  • Psalms 52:2–4 (5)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • 1 Timothy 6:3 (5)

    If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

  • Psalms 109:22 (5)

    For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

  • Genesis 3:22–24 (5)

    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out hi