Proverbs 4:24

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Cross References (12)

  • Proverbs 8:8 (14)

    All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

  • James 1:26 (14)

    If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is wort

  • Proverbs 8:13 (10)

    To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

  • Proverbs 6:12 (9)

    A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

  • Ephesians 4:25–31 (9)

    Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another

  • 1 Peter 2:1 (8)

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

  • James 1:21 (8)

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

  • Colossians 3:8 (7)

    But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

  • Proverbs 17:20 (5)

    The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

  • 1 Timothy 6:5 (5)

    and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of

  • Job 11:14 (4)

    if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

  • Ezekiel 18:31 (3)

    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new sp