Psalm 39:1 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I SAID, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Common English Bible

¹ I promised I would watch my steps so as not to sin with my tongue; promised to keep my mouth shut as long as the wicked were in my presence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Psalm 39:1 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 2:4

Then the Lord will establish his word that he spoke concerning me: ‘If your heirs take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a successor on the throne of Israel.’

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not careful to follow the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he caused Israel to commit.

1 Chronicles 16:41

With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to render thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 119:9

How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Psalm 12:4

those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is our master?”

Psalm 141:3

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

Psalm 34:13

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

Psalm 62:1

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

Psalm 77:1

I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 21:23

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

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.

James 1:26

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