Psalm 34:13 “Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”

Psalm 34:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

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Cross references

“Keep”

James 3:5–10 James 1:19 James 1:26 Psalm 39:1 James 3:2 Proverbs 18:21

James 3:5–10 · BSB

In 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.

James 1:19 · BSB

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

James 1:26 · BSB

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Psalm 39:1 · BSB

I 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 3:2 · BSB

We 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 18:21 · BSB

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

“speaking”

1 Peter 2:22 Colossians 3:9 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 12:22 1 Peter 2:1 Psalm 55:11

1 Peter 2:22 · BSB

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

Colossians 3:9 · BSB

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:22 · BSB

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

1 Peter 2:1 · BSB

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Psalm 55:11 · BSB

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

Also

Psalm 141:3 Proverbs 21:23 Proverbs 13:3

Psalm 141:3 · BSB

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Proverbs 21:23 · BSB

He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

Proverbs 13:3 · BSB

He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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