Bible verse
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 27:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 27.
1 Job continued his discourse:
2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
KJV
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
ASV
Surely my lips shall not speak uprighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
ERV
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
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