Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4832 [e] מַרְפֵּ֣א mar-pê Wholesome N-msc 3956 [e] לָ֭שׁוֹן lā-šō-wn a tongue [is] N-cs 6086 [e] עֵ֣ץ ‘êṣ a tree N-msc 2416 [e] חַיִּ֑ים ḥay-yîm; of life N-mp 5558 [e] וְסֶ֥לֶף wə-se-lep̄ but perverseness Conj-w | N-ms   בָּ֝֗הּ bāh, in it Prep | 3fs 7667 [e] שֶׁ֣בֶר še-ḇer breaks N-ms 7307 [e] בְּרֽוּחַ׃ bə-rū-aḥ. the spirit Prep-b | N-cs

New American Standard Bible
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit.

King James Bible
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The tongue that heals is a tree of life, but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.

a wholesome

Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue …

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Malachi 4:2 But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise …

a tree

Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is …

Genesis 3:22-24 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to …

1 Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even …

Revelation 2:7 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; …

a breach

Proverbs 18:8,14 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the …

Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the …

Psalm 52:2-4 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully…

Psalm 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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