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Bible in Basic English
Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Holman Bible
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.
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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:24
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Context Readings
Staying The Course
23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life. 24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you. 25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 4:25-31
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
Job 11:14
If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Proverbs 6:12
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
Proverbs 17:20
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
Ezekiel 18:31
Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
Colossians 3:8
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,