A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Life. This comparison was become proverbial for something very excellent. Immoderate. Hebrew, "perverse. "(Calmet)
Evil discourse kills the souls both of those who speak, and of those who pay attention to it. (Haydock)