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

4 <poetry>The soothing tongue is a tree of life, <indent>but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. </indent><poetry></poetry>

The soothing tongue<cr>1</cr> is a tree of life,<cr>2</cr> <indent>but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Proverbs 15:4

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

Proverbs 15:4 NIV