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Psalms 34:13
13Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.
Context of Psalms 34:13
11Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord. 12Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! 14Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. 15The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.
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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 to myself, “I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say. I will hold my tongue when the ungodly are around me.”
- Proverbs 18:21The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
- Matthew 12:35A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.
- James 1:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
- James 3:2Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
- Psalms 55:11Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.
- Proverbs 12:7The wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
- Isaiah 63:8He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior.
- Colossians 3:9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.
- 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
- Revelation 14:4They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering to God and to 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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