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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 thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents; (Job 11:14)
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Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)
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Eph. 4:25‑31• 25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
 26Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
 27neither give room for the devil.
 28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
 29Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.
 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for the day of redemption.
 31Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice; (Eph. 4:25‑31)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now, put off, *ye* also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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James 1:21,26• 21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
 26If any one think himself to be 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• 1Laying aside 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; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
 13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, 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; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil. (Prov. 17:20)
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1 Tim. 6:5• 5constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety. (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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c
Lit. "corruptness of," "inconsistency," or "perverseness of." same root word as ch. 3.32.