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Old TestamentProverbs · Chapter 15

Proverbs 15:4

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 15:4 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Proverbs 15:4 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome...: Heb. The heali..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Proverbs 15:4 — KJV

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue

Proverbs 15:4 (KJV)

Proverbs 15:4 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs

Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.

WisdomThe fear of the LordDiligence & workGuarding the tongueTrust over self-reliance
Explore the full Book of Proverbs — all 31 chapters

Cross-References for Proverbs 15:4

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. the breath...: Heb. the breath of the spirit of life

Shares key themes with Proverbs 15:4: life, spirit, heb

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege to employ...: Heb. to go from before thee

Shares key themes with Proverbs 15:4: tree, life, heb

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. me: Heb. my soul

Shares key themes with Proverbs 15:4: life, therein, heb

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. for himself: Heb. for his life

Shares key themes with Proverbs 15:4: tree, life, heb

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. from...: Heb. from the light

Shares key themes with Proverbs 15:4: tree, therein, heb

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey