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

Proverbs 4:24

24 Remove perverse speech ^{▼▼ Heb “crookedness.” The noun עִקְּשׁוּת (’iqq^eshut) 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; ^{▼▼ Heb “crookedness of mouth.”}
keep devious talk far from your lips. ^{▼▼ Heb “deviousness of lips put far from you.”}