if wickedness were in your hand, put it far away and do not let perverseness dwell in your tents;
Proverbs 4:24 - The Scriptures 2009 Turn away from you a crooked mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. American Standard Version (1901) Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. Common English Bible Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; keep devious lips far from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee. |
if wickedness were in your hand, put it far away and do not let perverseness dwell in your tents;
The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, But the mouth of the wrong speaks perverseness.
He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
Better is the poor walking in his integrity Than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.
Let your eyes look forward, And your eyelids look straight before you.
“The fear of יהוה is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.
“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, None of them twisted or crooked,
“Cast away from you all the transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕl?
But now, also put off all these: displeasure, wrath, evil, blasphemy, filthy talk from your mouth.
worthless disputes of men of corrupt minds and deprived of the truth, who think that reverence is a means of gain – withdraw from such.
Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your lives.
If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless.
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil words,