The tongue that heals is a tree of life,(A)
but a devious tongue[a] breaks the spirit.

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(B)

The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:4 Lit but crookedness in it

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