Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
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Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
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Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 4:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- 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 worthless.
- Proverbs 8:13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
- Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
- Ephesians 4:25-31 Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another. “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.
- James 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
- Colossians 3:8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
- Proverbs 17:20 One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- 1 Timothy 6:5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
- Job 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth,…
Pro 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Ver. 24. Put away from thee a froward mouth.] To the keeping of the heart, a careful watching over the mouth, eyes, feet, &c., doth much conduce. For these outward parts abused, as they receive defilement from the heart, so they reflect defilement also upon it. They stain the soul, and dispose it to further evil. Christ had a pure heart; therefore his eyes were not bewitched, nor his ears enchanted, "neither was there any guile found in his mouth."
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And perverse lips put far from thee.] Because it is a duty of no small difficulty, {Jas 3:2-12} therefore he redoubleth his exhortation. "The words of the wise are as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies." {Ecc 12:11}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All sorts of sinful words, which proceed from and…
All sorts of sinful words, which proceed from and discover an evil heart.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Put away from thee a froward mouth,.... A mouth…
Put away from thee a froward mouth,.... A mouth speaking froward and perverse things; things contrary to right reason, to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; blasphemies against God or men; every thing that is untrue, unchaste, unjust, foolish, and filthy; all swearing, lying, and everything that is repugnant to truth and justice. Some understand it of men that are liars, blasphemers, and froward persons, who are to be shunned and avoided, and to be debarred the houses and society of good men;
and perverse lips put far from thee; do not make use of them thyself, nor keep company with men of such a character. Much the same thing is meant as before.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Mouth - All sorts of sinful words.
Mouth - All sorts of sinful words.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. A froward mouth] Beware of hastiness, anger,…
Verse 24. A froward mouth] Beware of hastiness, anger, and rash speeches.
And perverse lips] Do not delight in nor acquire the habit of contradicting and gainsaying; and beware of calumniating and backbiting your neighbour.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 4:24-26. Put away a froward mouth — All…
Pro 4:24-26. Put away a froward mouth — All sorts of sinful words, which proceed from, and discover an evil heart. Let thine eyes look right on — Let thine intention be pure: direct all thine actions to a right end, namely, the glory of God in thy eternal salvation, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look or turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ponder the path of thy feet — Consider thy actions before thou doest them, and see that they agree with the rule. And let all thy ways be established — Or, directed, as יכונוmay be better rendered here. Or, thy ways shall be established. They shall be uniformly and constantly good, in spite of all temptations to the contrary. So this is a promise to confirm the foregoing precept. If thou dost ponder them thou mayest expect God’s blessing and good success in them. Shun all extremes, and neither add to God’s commands nor take from them.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye…
Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Pro 4:23.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain From thee. Neither detract, nor give any countenance to…
From thee. Neither detract, nor give any countenance to detractors.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain a froward mouth--that is, a mouth, or words of…
a froward mouth--that is, a mouth, or words of ill nature. The Hebrew word differs from that used (Pro 2:15; Pro 3:32).
perverse--or, "quarreling."
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lips--or, "words."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. A froward mouth… perverse lips — Swerving from…
24. A froward mouth… perverse lips — Swerving from truth and purity, all lying, prevarication, deceitful and wrong discourse of every kind.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) A froward mouth.—Heb. ‘iqqeshûth, literally, distortion, or twisting…
(24) A froward mouth.—Heb. ‘iqqeshûth, literally, distortion, or twisting of the truth, not the same word as in Pro_2:12; Pro_2:14.
Perverse lips—i.e., that “turn aside” from the truth.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The following admonitions of this chapter bear reference to…
The following admonitions of this chapter bear reference to the outward conduct of life. They continue the subject of ver. 23 by showing how the guarding of the heart is to be done. There is the most; intimate connection between the heart as the fountain of the moral life and of the conduct of life, which, though determined by the condition of the heart, in its turn reacts upon the heart as the moral centre, and keeps it pure. Thus the subject is treated from its two sides. On vers. 24 and 25 Hitzig remarks that they "warn against an arbitrary perverting of the moral judgment into which evil passions so easily betray, and admonish not to give misdirection to thought within the department of morality." A froward mouth, and perverse lips; literally, perverseness of mouth and waywardness of lips (ikk"shuth peh vulzuth s"phathayim). "Perversity of mouth" is fraudulent, deceitful speech; that which twists, distorts, perverts, or misrepresents what is true, and hence falsehood. (Pro_4:24 Pro_6:12 Pro_19:1) The skolioma of the LXX, i.e. the "tortuous mouth," in a metaphorical sense. The phrase is very similar in meaning with the parallel "waywardness of lips," which means speech which turns aside from what is true and right, the noun lazuth being derived from lazah, or luz, "to bend aside." The tongue is the unruly member. (Jam_3:2) Speech is the index of the mind (Lapide). Vigilance over the heart is vigilance over the mouth, inasmuch as "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh". (Mat_12:34) The admonition may have a twofold application, and may mean either do not indulge in this kind of speech yourself, exercise an unremitting jealousy over every propensity to it; or have no dealings with those who are guilty of it, as in Psa_101:5.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Put away from thee a froward mouth.
Pro_4:24-27
Put away from thee a froward mouth.
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Laws of life
A law for the tongue, a law for the eye, a law for the mind, a law for the life.
I. A demand for pure language. Speech is one of the grand peculiarities that distinguish man. It is the organ by which one man can influence the ages. Yet it has become the vehicle of error, the channel of pollution, the utterance of blasphemy, etc. A pure heart is essential to pure speech.
II. A demand for a straightforward purpose. Have no side-glances, no by-ends; but have a grand purpose on which the eye of the soul shall be always fixed. Straightforwardness stands opposed to all sly cunning, all vacillation, all ambiguity; all double meanings and aims.
III. A demand for habitual thoughtfulness. Man was made not only to think, but to be thoughtful. He should walk the path of life--
1. Thoughtfully, not by impulse.
2. Thoughtfully, not by prejudice.
3. Thoughtfully, not by custom.
IV. A demand for unswerving rectitude. Duty is a straight path. The way of sin is serpentine in its shape as well as in its spirit. Virtue is a straight line running right up to God. Any turn, therefore, would be wrong and riskful. Take care: there are by-paths tempting in every direction. (D. Thomas, D.D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Put crooked speech away from you and put corrupt…
Put crooked speech away from you and put corrupt talk far from you
The writer speaks of lying or deceitful speech as if it were crooked and of a person not using this kind of language as if it were removing it far away from oneself. AT: "Do not lie and do not speak deceitfully" (See: Metaphor)
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Let your eyes look straight ahead and fix your gaze straight before you
Here the word "eyes" represents the person who is looking. The writer speaks of a person being committed to doing the right thing as if that person were constantly looking forward without turning his head to look in another direction. AT: "Always look straight ahead and fix your gaze straight before you" (See: Synecdoche and Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:24 Because a person’s words originate in the heart,…
4:24 Because a person’s words originate in the heart, Proverbs teaches extensively about speech. One of the most basic lessons is to avoid perverse or corrupt speech, later defined as lies, slander, gossip, and rumor (6:12; 17:4; 18:8).
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