Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
KJV
Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
Vulgate
περίελε σεαυτοῦ σκολιὸν στόμα, καὶ ἄδικα χείλη ἀπὸ σοῦ μακρὰν ἄπωσαι.
LXX
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
ASV
הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּ/ךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּ/לְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽ/ךָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
לְז֥וּת
lzvt
noun · 1×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת
'qshvt
noun · 2×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Tim 6:5 — Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Ezek 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Jas 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Job 11:14 — If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
- Prov 6:12 — A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
- Prov 6:12 — A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
- Prov 8:8 — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
- Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Prov 16:17 — The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- Prov 17:20 — He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.