Proverbs 15:4
Proverbs 15:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
But perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 As a tree gives fruit, healing words give life,
but dishonest words crush the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life;
But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 The tongue that heals is a tree of life,
but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it causes a break in spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 A tongue that brings healing is like a tree of life.
But a tongue that tells lies produces a broken spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
But perversion in it crushes the spirit.