If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
Proverbs 4:24 - English Standard Version 2016 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. American Standard Version (1901) Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. Common English Bible Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; keep devious lips far from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Remove from yourself a corrupt mouth, and let detracting lips be far from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee. |
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
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?
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.