Proverbs 4:24

American Standard Version (1901)

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Prov 8:8 : 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
  • Eph 4:25-31 : 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need. 29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear. 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
  • Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

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  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

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    23Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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    3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

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    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

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    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

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    7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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    4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

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    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

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    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

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    23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

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    4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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    21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

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    5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

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    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

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    10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

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    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.