Proverbs 4:24

Staying The Course

²³ Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.
²⁴ Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.
²⁵ Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead.

Turn Aside

Ephesians 4:25-31

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Job 11:14

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man
goes around speaking dishonestly,

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

Proverbs 17:20

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Colossians 3:8

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

1 Peter 2:1

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.