Proverbs 15:4
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4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)
Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 16:24
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24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 18:8
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8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)
Proverbs 18:8
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8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(A)
Malachi 4:2
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2 But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.(A)
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Malachi 4:2
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2 But for you who revere my name,(A) the sun of righteousness(B) will rise with healing(C) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(D) like well-fed calves.
Proverbs 3:18
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18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called happy.(A)
Proverbs 3:18
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Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
but a broken spirit—who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)
Revelation 2:7
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7 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.(A)
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Revelation 2:7
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1 Timothy 6:3
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3 Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness(A)
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1 Timothy 6:3
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3 If anyone teaches otherwise(A) and does not agree to the sound instruction(B) of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
Proverbs 26:22
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22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)
Proverbs 26:22
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22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(A)
Psalm 109:22
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22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me.(A)
Psalm 109:22
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22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 52:2-4
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2 you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.(A)
3 You love evil more than good
and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah(B)
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.(C)
Psalm 52:2-4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
Genesis 3:22-24
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22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the humans have become like one of us, knowing good and evil, and now they might reach out their hands and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever”(A)— 23 therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.(B) 24 He drove out the humans, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.(C)
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Genesis 3:22-24
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22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(A) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(B) and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(C) to work the ground(D) from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[a] of the Garden of Eden(E) cherubim(F) and a flaming sword(G) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(H)
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- Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front
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