Psalms 34:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”
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BSBPD
“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 34:13 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Psalms 55:11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
- Psalms 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
- Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
- 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
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