Proverbs 4:24
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. 2 Put corrupt lips far from you. 1
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In The King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
In Context
23Keep your heart with all diligence, 2 for out of it is the wellspring of life. 1
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. 2 Fix your gaze directly before you. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of vain striving of iniquity, 2 is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 1
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Adonai is to hate evil. 2 I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. 1
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 →