Psalms 34:13

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.”

— WEB

“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”

— KJV

“Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.”

— ASV

James 3:5-10 "So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!"
Psalms 141:3 "Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips."
Proverbs 21:23 "Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles."
1 Peter 2:22 "who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”Isaiah 53:9"
James 1:26 "If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is wor…"
James 1:19 "So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;"
Colossians 3:9 "Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,"
Proverbs 13:3 "He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin."

Sins of thought included in those of speech (Luk 6:45), avoiding evil and doing good in our relations to men are based on a right relation to God.

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