Psalm 34:13

New English Translation

Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

Cross References

Job 15:13

when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

Psalm 141:3

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

Psalm 39:1

I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

Psalm 55:11

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Proverbs 12:19

The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

Proverbs 12:22

The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:23

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

Isaiah 63:8

He said, “Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer.

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

James 1:26

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

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

1 Peter 2:1

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

1 Peter 2:22

He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.