Pro 4:24 | NET2full | STEP | Remove perverse speech from your mouth ; keep devious talk far from your lips .

‏ Proverbs 4:24

24 Remove perverse speech ^{▼▼tn Heb “crookedness.” The noun עִקְּשׁוּת (ʿiqqeshut) refers to what is morally twisted or perverted. Here it refers to things that are said (cf. NAB “dishonest talk”; NRSV “crooked speech”). The term “mouth” functions as a metonymy of cause for perverse speech. Such perverse talking could be subtle or blatant.} from your mouth; ^{▼▼tn Heb “crookedness of mouth.”}
keep devious talk far from your lips. ^{▼▼tn Heb “deviousness of lips put far from you.”}