Proverbs 4:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Wherefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all backbityng,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
  • Prov 8:8 : 8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them.
  • Eph 4:25-31 : 25 Wherfore, puttyng away lying, speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour, forasmuch as we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath, 27 Neither geue place to the deuyll. 28 Let hym that stole, steale no more: but let hym rather labour, workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good, that he may geue vnto hym that needeth. 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers. 30 And greeue not the holy spirite of God, by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bytternesse, and fiercenesse, & wrath, and crying, and euyll speakyng, be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.
  • Job 11:14 : 14 If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed, and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite: for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But nowe put ye of also all, wrath, fiercenesse, maliciousnesse, blasphemie, filthie comunication out of your mouth.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

    14Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

    32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

  • Prov 4:23
    77%

    23Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    76%

    2That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.

    3For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:

  • Prov 2:12
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    12That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges:

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    75%

    7For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

    8All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them.

  • Job 27:4
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    4My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.

  • Prov 22:18
    75%

    18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

  • Prov 21:23
    74%

    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

    3God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4A frowarde heart shall depart from me: I wyll not once knowe any euyll.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

  • Prov 4:21
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    21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart:

  • Prov 6:12
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    12An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4As touchyng other mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.

  • Prov 5:7-8
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    73%

    7Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

    8Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    72%

    10For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.