Proverbs 4:24 - Compare All Versions

Deildu

Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.

Don’t use your mouth to tell lies; don’t ever say things that are not true.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.

Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth, And put devious lips far from you.

Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.

Avoid dishonest speech and pretentious words. Be free from using perverse words no matter what!

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.