Proverbs 15:4

English Standard Version

4 A gentle[1] tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. (Pr 3:18; Pr 11:3; Pr 12:18)

New International Version

4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

New International Reader’s Version

4 A tongue that calms is like a tree of life. But a tongue that tells lies produces a broken spirit.

King James Version

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