Proverbs 4:24
Strong's Lexicon
Put
הָסֵ֣ר (hā·sêr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

away
מִ֭מְּךָ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

deception
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת (‘iq·qə·šūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6143: 1) distortion, crookedness

from your mouth;
פֶּ֑ה (peh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

keep
הַרְחֵ֥ק (har·ḥêq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7368: v 1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away 1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant 1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far 1c2) to remove, put far away 2) (Niphal) loose v inf (as adv) 3) at a distance

מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ (mim·me·kā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

your lips
שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם (p̄ā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

from perverse speech.
וּלְז֥וּת (ū·lə·zūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3891: 1) deviation, perversity, crookedness

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

New American Standard Bible
Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.

King James Bible
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

New Living Translation
Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.

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

New American Standard Bible
Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.

King James Bible
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don't let your lips talk deviously.

International Standard Version
Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

NET Bible
Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

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

English Revised Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
















Cross References
Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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