Proverbs 4:24
Remove from thee frowardness of mouth; and perverseness of lips put away far from thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.
25Let thy eyes look right forward, and let thy eyelids see straight out before thee.
Cross References
Job 11:14If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
Proverbs 6:12A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make yourselves 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 →