Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.

King James Version

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Holman Bible

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

International Standard Version

Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

A Conservative Version

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.

American Standard Version

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Amplified


Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth,
And put devious lips far from you.

Bible in Basic English

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

Darby Translation

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Turn away from thee perverseness of mouth, and frowardness of lips remove far oft from thee.

King James 2000

Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remove from yourself {deceitful speech}, and abolish {devious talk} from yourself.

Modern King James verseion

Put away from you a wicked mouth, and devious lips put far from you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and let the lips of slander be far from thee.

NET Bible

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

New Heart English Bible

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

The Emphasized Bible

Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.

Webster

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

World English Bible

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

עקּשׁוּת 
`iqq@shuwth 
Usage: 2

and perverse
לזוּת 
L@zuwth 
Usage: 1

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Staying The Course

23 Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
25 Let thine eyes look upon that which is right, and let thine eyelids straighten thy path before thee.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:25-31

Therefore, leaving the lie, speak every man truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.

Job 11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

Proverbs 6:12

A wicked man of Belial walks with a perverse mouth.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing perverse or twisted in them.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 17:20

He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your iniquities by which ye have rebelled, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now put ye also off all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

1 Timothy 6:5

perverse disputings of men of corrupt understanding, and destitute of the truth, using piety as a source of gain: from such withdraw thyself.

James 1:21

So then, leave all uncleanness and remains of malice and receive with meekness the word ingested within you, which is able to cause your souls to be saved.

James 1:26

If anyone among you thinks to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is vain.

1 Peter 2:1

Having therefore left all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all murmurings,

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