Psalm 34:13

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 15:13

that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 141:3

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

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Psalm 55:11

Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not depart from its marketplace.

Proverbs 12:19

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

Proverbs 12:22

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

Proverbs 12:7

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

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:23

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

Isaiah 63:8

For He said, “Surely they are My people, sons who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; then the Lord, the God of Hosts, will truly be with you, as you claim.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie one to another, since you have put off the old nature with its deeds,

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore put away all wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking.

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth.”