Psalms 34:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

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  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth:
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is useless.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Jas 3:5-9 : 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
  • Ps 141:3 : 3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.
  • Ps 55:11 : 11 Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile do not depart from its streets.
  • Rev 14:4-5 : 4 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit; for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.
  • Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps 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 Savior.
  • Matt 12:35-37 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its deeds.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
    2 verses
    86%

    10 For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

    11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • Ps 34:14
    81%

    14 Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

  • Job 27:4
    80%

    4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 4:24
    80%

    24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Ps 50:19
    79%

    19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 21:23
    77%

    23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Ps 36:3
    76%

    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Prov 2:12
    76%

    12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

  • Ps 52:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

    4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 6:24
    76%

    24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Ps 141:3
    75%

    3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • Prov 13:3
    75%

    3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 17:4
    75%

    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 39:1
    75%

    1 I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

  • Ps 31:18
    75%

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

  • Ps 34:12
    75%

    12 Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

  • Ps 15:3
    75%

    3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Prov 15:4
    75%

    4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Ps 10:7
    74%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Ps 37:27
    74%

    27 Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

  • Prov 8:7
    74%

    7 For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Ps 120:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

    3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • Job 15:5
    74%

    5 For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

  • Prov 5:2
    74%

    2 That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    74%

    31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 12:22
    74%

    22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Prov 4:27
    74%

    27 Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

  • Job 13:7
    73%

    7 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 20:12-13
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    73%

    12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

    13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

  • Rom 3:13
    73%

    13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

  • Prov 12:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Ps 12:2
    73%

    2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Matt 12:34
    73%

    34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Prov 22:18
    73%

    18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Prov 24:28
    73%

    28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

  • Prov 12:13
    72%

    13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.