Proverbs 4:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
  • Prov 8:8 : 8 All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
  • Eph 4:25-31 : 25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another. 26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; 27 And do not give way to the Evil One. 28 Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need. 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear. 30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation. 31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
  • Job 11:14 : 14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

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    25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

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  • Prov 6:24
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    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Prov 4:23
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    23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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    4 A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

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  • Prov 2:12
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    12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

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    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

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    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

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    12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

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    27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

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    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

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    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

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    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

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    19 Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

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    10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

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    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 15:5
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    5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

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    6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

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    30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

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    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

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    14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.