If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.
Proverbs 4:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Flere versionerKing 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 iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.
and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.
So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.