Bible verse
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Proverbs 4:24 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 4.
20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
26 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
KJV
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
ASV
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
ERV
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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