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A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
    but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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18 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)

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18 The words of the reckless pierce like swords,(A)
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(B)

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24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
    sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

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24 Gracious words are a honeycomb,(A)
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.(B)

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The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

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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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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.

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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)

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18 She is a tree of life(A) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(B)

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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
    but a broken spirit—who can bear?

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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
    but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)

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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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Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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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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If anyone teaches otherwise(A) and does not agree to the sound instruction(B) of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,

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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)

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22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

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22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is pierced within me.(A)

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

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    you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
    you worker of treachery.(A)
You love evil more than good
    and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah(B)
You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.(C)

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.

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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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front