A good tongue is healing to wounded consciences, by comforting them; to sin-sick souls, by convincing them; and it reconciles parties at variance.
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Proverbs 15:4
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:1-33Proverbs 15:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 15:4Proverbs 15:4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. A good tongue is healing, healing to wounded consciences by comforting them, to sin-sick souls by convincing them, to peace and love when it is broken by accommodating differences, compromising matters in varia…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:4Proverbs 15:4 · The Pulpit CommentaryA wholesome tongue is a tree of life; a tongue that brings healing, that soothes by its words. Septuagint, "the healing of the tongue." But the Vulgate rendering is better, lingua placabilis, "the gentle, mild tongue" (…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:1-33EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 15:4Note, 1. A good tongue is healing, healing to wounded consciences by comforting them, to sin-sick souls by convincing them, to peace and love when it is broken by accommodating differences, compromising matters in varia…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; a tongue that brings healing, that soothes by its words. Septuagint, "the healing of the tongue." But the Vulgate rendering is better, lingua placabilis, "the gentle, mild tongue" (…Joseph S. Exell and contributors