OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 15:4

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A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

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Verse 4. Life. This comparison was become proverbial for something very excellent. Immoderate. Hebrew “perverse.” Calmet.—Evil discourse kills the souls both of those who speak, and of those who pay attention to it. Bible.

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