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Proverbs 15:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. "

Proverbs 15:4

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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

3 The LORD’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

5 A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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A good tongue brings healing. It helps wounded consciences by giving comfort, and it helps sin-sick souls by pointing them to their need. It also restores peace and love when people are divided, by smoothing over differences, making fair compromises, and bringing opposed parties back together. This is the healing power of the tongue, like the tree of life, whose leaves have healing power (Revelation 22:2). A person who knows how to speak well can make the place he lives feel almost like a paradise.

An evil tongue brings hurt. When speech is twisted by stubbornness, anger, lies, or foul talk, it tears at the spirit. It wounds the speaker’s own conscience, and it brings either guilt or pain to those who hear it. Both are real injuries to the spirit. Hard words may not break bones, but many hearts have been broken by them.

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"Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him."

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Proverbs 17:20

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"One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble."

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James 3:8

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"but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison."

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Sirach 5:14

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"Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue."

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Proverbs 15:1

"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

Proverbs 15:2

"The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly."

Proverbs 15:3

"The LORD’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good."

Proverbs 15:5

"A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence."

Proverbs 15:6

"In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble."

Proverbs 15:7

"The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools."

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