English Standard Version
Psalms 34:13
13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalms 34:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
- New International Version (NIV)keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!
Context of Psalms 34:13
11Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. 14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 15The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
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נְצֹ֣ר לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣ מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ מִדַּבֵּ֥ר מִרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 34:13
- Psalms 39:1I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
- Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
- Matthew 12:35The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
- James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
- Psalms 55:11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
- Isaiah 63:8For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." And he became their Savior.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
- 1 Peter 2:1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
- Revelation 14:4It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,
Commentaries on Psalms 34:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Keep 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 Let young persons set out in life with learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here, and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be most happy who begin the soonest to serve so good a Master. All aim to be happy. Surely this must look further than the present world; for man's life on earth consists but of few days, and those full of trouble. What man is he that would see the good of that where all bliss is perfect? Alas!…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Godly people choose their words carefully. Speaking evil and telling lies is unwise (see Psalm 10:7; compare 17:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. Sins of thought included in those of speech (Lu 6:45), avoiding evil and doing good in our relations to men are based on a right relation to God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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