Proverbs 15:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.

King James Bible
A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

Hebrew
A soothing
מַרְפֵּ֣א (mar·pê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4832: Curative, a medicine, a cure, deliverance, placidity

tongue
לָ֭שׁוֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 3956: The tongue

is a tree
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

of life,
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

but a perverse [tongue]
וְסֶ֥לֶף (wə·se·lep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5558: Crookedness, crooked dealing

crushes
שֶׁ֣בֶר (še·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

the spirit.
בְּרֽוּחַ׃ (bə·rū·aḥ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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