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Psalms 34:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lippes from speaking guile.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Keep 5341
{5341} Prime
נָצַר
natsar
{naw-tsar'}
A primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
thy tongue 3956
{3956} Prime
לָשׁוֹן
lashown
{law-shone'}
From H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water).
from evil, 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and thy lips 8193
{8193} Prime
שָׂפָה
saphah
{saw-faw'}
(The second form is in dual and plural); Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.).
from speaking 1696
{1696} Prime
דִּבֵּר
dabar
{daw-bar'}
A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.
z8763
<8763> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 790
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
guile. 4820
{4820} Prime
מִרְמָה
mirmah
{meer-maw'}
From H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 34:13-14

_ _ Sins of thought included in those of speech (Luke 6:45), avoiding evil and doing good in our relations to men are based on a right relation to God.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 34:11-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 34:13

Evil — From all manner of evil speaking, from all injurious, false and deceitful speeches.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Keep:

Psalms 39:1 [[To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:35-37 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. ... For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 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.
James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
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! ... Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

speaking:

Psalms 55:11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
Isaiah 63:8 For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Revelation 14:4-5 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. ... And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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Ps 39:1; 55:11. Pv 12:7, 19, 22; 18:21; 19:9. Is 63:8. Mt 12:35. Col 3:9. Jm 1:19, 26; 3:2, 5. 1P 2:1, 22. Rv 14:4.

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