Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; 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 iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents —
Proverbs 6:12A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD 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, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
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 →