Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Cross References
Job 11:14If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
Proverbs 6:12A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
Colossians 3:8But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →