The LXX., with a different reading, translates, "But he who keepeth it shall be filled with the spirit.*The review is potentially NSFW, the links and game are Adults Only* This is ruin and vexation ( Isaiah 65:14, where the same word is used) in the spirit, both in the liar himself, whose higher nature is thus terribly marred and spoiled, and in the case of his neighbour, who is injured by his slander and falsehood to the, very core. The perverseness intended must be falsehood, perversion of the truth. "The sick soul by a healing word is cured." But perverseness therein - in the tongue - is a breach in the spirit. Speech from such a source refreshes and vivifies all who come under its influence, like the wholesome fruit of a prolific tree (comp. Septuagint, "the healing of the tongue." But the Vulgate rendering is better, lingua placabilis, "the gentle, mild tongue" (see on Proverbs 14:30). A wholesome tongue is a tree of life a tongue that brings healing, that soothes by its words. Psalm 52:2-4 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully… Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Proverbs 18:8,14 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly… Genesis 3:22-24 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: …ġ Timothy 6:3 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 Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. Malachi 4:2 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. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.Ī gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.Ī healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it - a breach in the spirit.
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