Psalm 34:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Cross References

Job 15:13

So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 141:3

O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Psalm 39:1

To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Psalm 55:11

Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

Proverbs 12:19

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Proverbs 12:22

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

Proverbs 12:7

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

Proverbs 13:3

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Proverbs 21:23

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

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.

Amos 5:14

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

Colossians 3:9

Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

James 1:19

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

James 1:26

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

James 3:2

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

1 Peter 2:1

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

1 Peter 2:22

Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: