Proverbs 4:24

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

James 1:26

If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

Proverbs 8:8

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

James 1:21

Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

1 Timothy 6:5

constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

Colossians 3:8

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit. For why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Proverbs 4:25

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

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Psalm 34:14

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