Verse 24

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
  • Prov 8:8 : 8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.
  • Eph 4:25-31 : 25 Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. 27 Do not give the devil an opportunity. 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need. 29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.
  • Job 11:14 : 14 if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.