Proverbs 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life - Here again is an allusion to the paradisiacal tree, עץ חיים ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives."

Proverbs 15:4

4 A wholesomea tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.