Proverbs 4:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; keep devious lips far from you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you.

Proverbs 4:24 Cross References

James 1:26

If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

James 1:21

Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

Proverbs 6:12

A scoundrel and a villain goes around with crooked speech,

1 Timothy 6:5

and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Proverbs 17:20

The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly forward and your gaze be straight before you.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.