Psalm 34:13

A Conservative Version

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

1 Peter 2:22

Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.

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.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 12:19

The lips of truth shall be established forever, 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 man is before me.

1 Peter 2:1

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

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Proverbs 19:9

A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.

Psalm 55:11

Wickedness is in the midst of it. Oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior.

Proverbs 12:7

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

Job 15:13

that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?

Amos 5:14

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.