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Proverbs 15:4
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The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
A wholesomeH4832 tongueH3956 is a treeH6086 of lifeH2416: but perversenessH5558 therein is a breachH7667 in the spiritH7307.
Original Hebrew
מַרְפֵּא לָשֹׁון עֵץ חַיִּים וְסֶלֶף בָּהּ שֶׁבֶר בְּרוּחַ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
מַרְפֵּ֣א |
mar.Pe' | H4832 | HNcmsc | healing of |
לָ֭שׁוֹן |
La.shon | H3956 | HNcbsa | tongue |
עֵ֣ץ |
'etz | H6086 | HNcmsc | (is) a tree of |
חַיִּ֑ים |
chai.Yim | H2416 | HNcmpa | life |
וְ/סֶ֥לֶף |
ve./Se.lef | H5558 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ perverseness |
בָּ֝֗/הּ |
Ba/h | HR/Sp3fs | with/ it | |
שֶׁ֣בֶר |
She.ver | H7667 | HNcmsa | (is) brokenness |
בְּ/רֽוּחַ |
be./Ru.ach | H7307 | HR/Ncbsa | in/ spirit |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; 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; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
- H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; 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); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
- H4832 — מַרְפֵּא (marpêʼ, mar-pay'): from רָפָא; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
- H5558 — סֶלֶף (çeleph, seh'-lef): from סָלַף; distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness; perverseness.
- H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
- H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; 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 being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
- H7667 — שֶׁבֶר (sheber, sheh'-ber): or שֵׁבֶר; from שָׁבַר; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream); affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- a breach — Psalms 52:2-4, Psalms 109:22, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 18:14, Proverbs 26:22
- a tree — Genesis 3:22-24, Proverbs 3:18, 1 Timothy 6:3, Revelation 2:7
- A wholesome — Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 16:24, Malachi 4:2
Reciprocal references (5): Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 12:35, Colossians 4:6
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: PERVERSENESS
- Torrey’s: TREES
- Nave’s: SPEAKING
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