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4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4)Note, 1. A good tongue is healing, healing to wounded consciences by comforting them, to sin-sick souls by convincing them, to peace and love when it is broken by accommodating differences, compromising matters in variance, and reconciling parties at variance; this is the healing of the tongue, which is a tree of life , the leaves of which have a sanative virtue, Rev. 22:2. He that knows how to di...
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