Proverbs 4:24
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Cross References
Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can 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 →