the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Psalms 34:13
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Keep your tongue from eviland your lips from deceitful speech.
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
You must not say evil things, and you must not tell lies.
Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.
Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.
Guard your tongue from evilAnd your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Then don't say cruel things and don't tell lies.
Which of you takes pleasure in living? Who wants a long life to see good things?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies.
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile;
Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
Who is the man that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good therein?
Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lippes from speaking guile.
Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Forbede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile.
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking guile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!
Keep your tongue from sin and your lips from speaking lies.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
(33-14) Keep thy tongue form evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Keep: Psalms 39:1, Proverbs 18:21, Matthew 12:35-37, James 1:19, James 1:26, James 3:2, James 3:5-10
speaking: Psalms 55:11, Proverbs 12:7, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 19:9, Isaiah 63:8, Colossians 3:9, 1 Peter 2:1, 1 Peter 2:22, Revelation 14:4, Revelation 14:5
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:8 - that I may not Job 15:13 - and lettest Psalms 15:2 - speaketh
Cross-References
This agreement made Hamor and Shechem very happy.
Hamor and Shechem went to the meeting place of their city. They spoke to the men of the city and said,
If we do this, we will become rich from all their cattle and other animals. We should make this agreement with them so that they will stay here with us."
All the men who heard this in the meeting place agreed with Hamor and Shechem. And every man was circumcised at that time.
Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.
Jacob's sons went to the city and stole everything that was there because of what Shechem had done to their sister.
So the brothers took all their animals, all their donkeys, and everything else in the city and in the fields.
The brothers took everything those people owned. They even took their wives and children.
But Samson said to him, "Now I have a good reason to hurt you Philistines. No one will blame me now."
But you men try to cover up your ignorance with lies. You are like worthless doctors who cannot heal anyone.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Keep thy tongue from evil,.... This, and what follows in this verse and Psalms 34:14, point at the things wherein the fear of God shows itself; and suggest, that those who have it, and which is known by these fruits, shall enjoy the desirable and good days before mentioned. The tongue is an instrument of much evil, an unruly member, and needs restraint; and it is from evil, and not from good, it is to be kept; from evil speaking of God, from cursing and swearing; from evil speaking of men, reproaching and reviling them; from filthy speaking, from all obscene and unchaste words, and from all lying ones; for where such evil speaking is indulged, the fear of God cannot be in that man;
and thy lips from speaking guile; hypocritical and deceitful words, speaking with flattering lips and a double heart: some speak bad words in common conversation, through an evil habit and custom; and some speak good words with an ill design; and in neither of them is the fear of God before their eyes, nor in their hearts.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Keep thy tongue from evil - From speaking wrong things. Always give utterance to truth, and truth alone. The meaning is, that this is one of the methods of lengthening out life. To love the truth; to speak the truth; to avoid all falsehood, slander, and deceit, will contribute to this, or will be a means which will tend to prolong life, and to make it happy.
And thy lips from speaking guile - Deceit. Do not “deceive” others by your words. Do not make any statements which are not true, or any promises which you cannot and will not keep. Do not flatter others; and do not give utterance to slander. Be a man characterized by the love of truth: and let all your words convey truth, and truth only. It cannot be doubted that this, like all other virtues, would tend to lengthen life, and to make it prosperous and peaceful. There is no vice which does not tend to abridge human life, as there is no virtue which does not tend to lengthen it. But probably the specific idea here is, that the way to avoid the hostility of other people, and to secure their favor and friendship, is to deal with them truly, and thus to live in peace with them. It is true, also, that God will bless a life of virtue and uprightness, and though there is no absolute certainty that anyone, however virtuous he may be, may not be cut off in early life, yet it is also true that, other things being equal, a man of truth and integrity will be more likely to live long - (as he will be more certain to make the most of life) - than one who is false and corrupt.
