Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.
New American Standard Bible
And your lips from speaking
King James Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Holman Bible
and your lips from deceitful speech.
A Conservative Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.
American Standard Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Amplified
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Bible in Basic English
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
Darby Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
Julia Smith Translation
Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceit
King James 2000
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Modern King James verseion
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.
NET Bible
Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
New Heart English Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
The Emphasized Bible
Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
Slander » Saints » Should keep their tongue from
Slander » Saints should keep their tongues from
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 34:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Delivers The Righteous
12 Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good? 13 Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies. 14 Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Peter 2:22
"He never sinned, and he never told a lie."
James 1:26
If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.
James 3:2
For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.
Psalm 141:3
LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.
Psalm 39:1
I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."
Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.
Proverbs 12:7
After they're overthrown, the wicked won't be found, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
Proverbs 12:19
A truthful saying is trusted forever, but the liar only for a moment.
Proverbs 12:22
Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 13:3
Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined.
Proverbs 18:21
The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.
Proverbs 19:9
A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will perish.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who won't act falsely." And so he became their savior.
Matthew 12:35-37
A good person brings good things out of a good treasure house, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure house.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices
James 1:19
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
James 3:5-10
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.
Revelation 14:4-5
They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.