Proverbs 4:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain `is' the religion;
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
  • Prov 8:8 : 8 In righteousness `are' all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
  • Eph 4:25-31 : 25 Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another; 26 be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, 27 neither give place to the devil; 28 whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need. 29 Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; 30 and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
  • Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity `is' in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

    14Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

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

  • Prov 4:23
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    23Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    75%

    7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

    8In righteousness `are' all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

  • Job 27:4
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    4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Prov 21:23
    74%

    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Prov 4:15
    74%

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    74%

    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

    3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

  • Ps 101:4
    73%

    4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Prov 4:21
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    21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,

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    27Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

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    4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

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    3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

  • Prov 5:7-8
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    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

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    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    72%

    10for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

  • Prov 24:2
    72%

    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

  • Job 15:5
    72%

    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Prov 16:30
    72%

    30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • Prov 14:7
    72%

    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.