Proverbs 4:24

New English Translation

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

Cross References

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

Proverbs 17:20

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

James 1:21

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:26

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.