Proverbs 4:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.”
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“Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 4:24 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
- Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 17:20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
- Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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