Proverbs 15:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַרְפֵּא
marpêʼ
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
סֶלֶף
çeleph
distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
פֶּרֶץ
perets
a break (literally or figuratively)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
Key Terms in This Verse
מַרְפֵּא marpêʼ
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
Study H4832 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
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