Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And your lips from speaking
King James Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Holman Bible
and your lips from deceitful speech.
International Standard Version
Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.
A Conservative Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.
American Standard Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Amplified
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Bible in Basic English
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
Darby Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
Julia Smith Translation
Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceit
King James 2000
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Modern King James verseion
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.
NET Bible
Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
New Heart English Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
The Emphasized Bible
Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
Webster
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
World English Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
Youngs Literal Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
Slander » Saints » Should keep their tongue from
Slander » Saints should keep their tongues from
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 34:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Delivers The Righteous
12
What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?
13
And your lips from speaking
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Peter 2:22
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Psalm 39:1
I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
Psalm 55:11
ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
1 Peter 2:1
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 13:3
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." And he became their Savior.
Matthew 12:35-37
The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
James 3:5-10
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
Revelation 14:4-5
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,