Proverbs 4:24

Staying The Course

²³ Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
²⁴ Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
²⁵ Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

Turn Aside

Ephesians 4:25-31

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 8:8

“All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

James 1:21

Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,