Proverbs 4:24
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
World Messianic Bible
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, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Cross References
Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, house of Israel?
Colossians 3:8but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
James 1:21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which 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 →