Psalm 34:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

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

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

James 1:26

If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

Colossians 3:9

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

James 1:19

You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come 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 lasts only a moment.

Psalm 39:1

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

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, 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 the liar 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 act deceitfully,” 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

so that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go 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, just as you have said.