Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.