Psalms 34:13
11 Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
- BLB
- Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
- ÅB
- Hold tungen din fra ondt
og leppene dine fra å tale svik! - OTB
- Vokt din tale fra det onde
Og dine lepper fra å tale svik. - B1930
- Hold din tunge fra ondt og dine leber fra å tale svik!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:5–10
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.
Read in contextPsalms 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Read in contextProverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Read in context1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
Read in contextJames 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Read in contextColossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Read in contextJames 1:26
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Read in contextProverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Read in context