Psalms 34:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Jas 3:5-9 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • Ps 141:3 : 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
  • Ps 55:11 : 11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
  • Rev 14:4-5 : 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 ¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 ¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 ¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 ¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 ¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
  • Prov 21:23 : 23 ¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
  • Isa 63:8 : 8 For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
  • Matt 12:35-37 : 35 ‹A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.› 36 ‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.› 37 ‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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    10For he that will 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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    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Job 27:4
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    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

  • Ps 52:2-4
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • Ps 39:1
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    1¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?

  • Ps 15:3
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    3[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

    3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

  • Job 15:5
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    5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

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    31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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    22¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  • Job 13:7
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    7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 20:12-13
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

    13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

  • Rom 3:13
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    13Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

  • Prov 12:19-20
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    19¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

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    34‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.›

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28¶ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

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    13¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • Prov 17:13
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    13¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.