Psalms 34:13
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto 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
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Read in contextPsalms 141:3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Read in contextProverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Read in context1 Peter 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Read in contextJames 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Read in contextColossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Read in contextJames 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Read in contextProverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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