Proverbs 4:24

Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.

Key words: ʿiqqᵊšûṯ pê śāp̄â lᵊzûṯ sûr

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English	Original word	Root	#
Put away	hāsēr הָסֵר	sûr	3
from thee	mimmᵊḵā מִמְּךָ	min	3
a froward	ʿiqqᵊšûṯ עִקְּשׁוּת	ʿiqqᵊšûṯ	1
mouth	pê פֶּה	pê	2
and perverse	ûlzûṯ וּלְזוּת	lᵊzûṯ	1
lips	śᵊp̄āṯayim שְׂפָתַיִם	śāp̄â	1
put far	harḥēq הַרְחֵק	rāḥaq	1
from thee	mimmeḵḵā מִמֶּךָּ	min	3

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J-107 James 1:23-26 J-3 James 1:21-22 P-3 James 1:21-22 S-3 James 1:21-22

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Put away from thee a frow 6

Job 11:14
14If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Ezekiel 18:31
31Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ephesians 4:25-31
25Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. 26"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27nor give place to the devil. 28Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
Colossians 3:8
8But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
James 1:21, 26 J-107 James 1:23-26 J-3 James 1:21-22 P-3 James 1:21-22 S-3 James 1:21-22
21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
26If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless.
1 Peter 2:1
1Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

and perverse lips put f 3

Proverbs 8:8, 13
8All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
Proverbs 17:20
20He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
1 Timothy 6:5
5useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.