Psalm 34:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Common English Bible

¹³ Then you must keep your tongue from evil and keep your lips from speaking lies!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews.

Psalm 34:13 Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.

1 Peter 2:22

who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

James 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

James 3:2

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Proverbs 13:3

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

1 Peter 2:1

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Psalm 55:11

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Job 15:13

that thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Amos 5:14

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.