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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Put away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
from thee τa froward
`iqqshuwth (Hebrew #6143)
perversity
KJV usage: X froward.
Pronounce: ik-kesh-ooth'
Origin: from 6141
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, and perverse
lzuwth (Hebrew #3891)
perverseness
KJV usage: perverse.
Pronounce: lez-ooth'
Origin: from 3868
lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
put far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from thee.
τ
frowardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 11:14• 14If iniquity [be] in thy hand, put it far away,{HR}And let not evil dwell in thy tents; (Job 11:14)
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Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)
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Eph. 4:25‑31• 25Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.
 26Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath,
 27nor yet give room for the devil.
 28Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need.
 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear.
 30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God by whom ye were sealed for redemption-day.
 31Let all bitterness and passion and wrath and clamour and evil-speaking be removed from you with all malice; (Eph. 4:25‑31)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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James 1:21,26• 21Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.
 26If anyone thinks he is religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this [man's] religion is vain. (James 1:21,26)
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1 Peter 2:1• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)
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Heb. frowardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips.
Prov. 8:8,13• 8All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;{HR}[There is] nothing crooked or perverse in them.
 13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil:{HR}Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,{HR}And the froward mouth do I hate. (Prov. 8:8,13)
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Prov. 17:20• 20He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good;{HR}And he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil. (Prov. 17:20)
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1 Tim. 6:5• 5wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that piety is gain. (1 Tim. 6:5)
• A froward mouth and perverse lips bespeak one who is not in subjection to God. Where His Word has its place in the soul, the lips manifest it. (“Proverbs Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corruptc lips put far from thee.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "corruptness of," "inconsistency," or "perverseness of." same root word as ch. 3.32.

W. Kelly Translation

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Put away from thee perverseness of mouth,{HR}And corruption of lips put far from thee.