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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Prov 15:4
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Prov 15:4 · Douay-Rheims
“A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.”
On this verse:
“A wholesome tongue--(Compare Margin), pacifying and soothing language. tree of life-- (Pro 3:18; Pro 11:30). perverseness therein--cross, ill-natured language. breach . . . spirit--(compare Isa 65:14, Hebrew), grieves, instead of appeasing.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.