Psalm 34:13

English Standard Version 2016

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

1 Peter 2:22

He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Proverbs 13:3

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

1 Peter 2:1

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

Psalm 55:11

ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely.” And he became their Savior.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Job 15:13

that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?

Amos 5:14

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.