The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,(A) as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(B)

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The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(A) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(B) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(C)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
but a cunning person takes lives.(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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12 Hope delayed makes the heart sick,
but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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The tongue that heals is a tree of life,(A)
but a devious tongue[a] breaks the spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:4 Lit but crookedness in it

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

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“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give(A) the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[a] the paradise of God.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Other mss read in the midst of

Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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