Proverbs 4:24
Turn aside a contrary mouth from you, || And put perverse lips far from you,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Above every charge keep your heart, || For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
25Your eyes look straightforward, || And your eyelids look straight before you.
Cross References
Job 11:14If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, || And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
Proverbs 6:12A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, || Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of YHWH [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, || And a contrary mouth, I have hated.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away all your transgressions from over you, || By which you have transgressed, || And make a new heart and a new spirit for yourselves, || And why do you die, || O house of Israel?
Colossians 3:8but now put off, even you, the whole—anger, wrath, malice, slander, filthy talking—out of your mouth.
James 1:21for this reason, having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, receive the implanted word in meekness, that 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 →