Mishle 15:4-6

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁴A marpeh lashon (a tongue of healing) is an Etz Chayyim, but selef (perversity) therein is crushing to the ruach (spirit).

⁵A fool spurns his musar av, but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) is prudent.

⁶In the bais of the tzaddik is much treasure, but in the revenues of the rashah is trouble.

Proverbs 15:4-6

New International Version

⁴The soothing tongue^(A) is a tree of life,^(B)
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.^(C)

⁵A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.^(D)

⁶The house of the righteous contains great treasure,^(E)
but the income of the wicked brings ruin.^(F)

Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

New International Version (NIV)