Proverbs 4:24

World English Bible (2000)

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility 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 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another. 26 "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
  • Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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

  • Prov 4:25
    79%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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

  • Prov 6:24
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    24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

  • Prov 4:23
    77%

    23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

  • Ps 141:3
    76%

    3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

  • Prov 15:4
    76%

    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 17:4
    76%

    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
    76%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

    3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

  • Prov 2:12
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    12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

    8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

  • Job 27:4
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    4surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 21:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 4:15
    74%

    15Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Ps 31:18
    74%

    18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

    3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Ps 101:4
    73%

    4A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

  • Prov 22:5
    73%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

  • Prov 4:21
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    21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 4:27
    73%

    27Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

  • Ps 17:4
    73%

    4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

  • Prov 5:7-8
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    7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

    8Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

  • Prov 7:5
    73%

    5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 4:5
    73%

    5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:2
    72%

    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

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

  • Job 15:5
    72%

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Mic 7:5
    72%

    5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

    30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 14:7
    72%

    7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Prov 6:14
    72%

    14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.