4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 27:4
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Proverbs 8:6–8
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right. 7 For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
Psalms 34:12–14
12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
1 Clement 22:2–4
2 What man is he that desireth life and loveth to see good days? (1CL) 3 Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. (1CL) 4 Turn aside from evil and do good. (1CL)
Proverbs 4:23–25
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. 24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. 25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Psalms 89:33–35
33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. 34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. 35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Job 33:2–4
2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue. 3 My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know. 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 31:29–31
29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him— 30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse— 31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
Psalms 50:18–20
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. 19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. 20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
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