Proverbs 4:24

The English Standar Version

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Cross References

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Proverbs 17:20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Proverbs 19:1

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

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Proverbs 8:8

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

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

James 1:21

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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.

1 Peter 2:1

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