A [a]soothing tongue is a tree of life,
But perversion in it [b]crushes the spirit.
A fool [c]rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who regards reproof is sensible.
Great wealth is in the house of the (A)righteous,
But trouble is in the income of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:4 Lit healing
  2. Proverbs 15:4 Lit is the crushing of the spirit
  3. Proverbs 15:5 Or despises