Psalms 34:13

In 11 translations

BSB

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Keep your tongue from evil, || And your lips from speaking deceit.

YLT

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

DBY

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

DRC33:14

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

GNV

Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

JPS34:14

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

LXXE33:14

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

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Original-language editions

WLC34:14

נְצֹ֣ר לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣ מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ מִדַּבֵּ֥ר מִרְמָֽה׃KJV:Ps.34.13

LXX-Br33:14

Παῦσον τὴν γνῶσσάν σου ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη σου τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• James 3:5–10In 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. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the…
• Psalms 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
• Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
• 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
• James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
• James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
• Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• 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.”
• 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.
• Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• Matthew 12:35–37The 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. But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every…
• 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
• Revelation 14:4–5These 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. And no lie was found…

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