Proverbs 4:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

Proverbs 4:24 Cross References

Job 11:14

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents;

Psalm 34:14

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

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: But the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Proverbs 4:25

Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a man of iniquity; He walketh with a froward mouth;

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereto ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now put ye also away all these; anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

1 Timothy 6:5

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

James 1:21

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:26

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

1 Peter 2:1

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,