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Psalm 34

Psa. 34:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
from evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, and thy 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'}
from speaking
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
guile
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 39:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.>> I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Prov. 18:21• 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Prov. 18:21)
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Matt. 12:35‑37• 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:35‑37)
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James 1:19,26• 19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
 26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. (James 1:19,26)
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James 3:2,5‑10• 2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
 5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
 7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
 9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
 10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (James 3:2,5‑10)
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Psa. 55:11• 11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. (Psa. 55:11)
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Prov. 12:7,19,22• 7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
 22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. (Prov. 12:7,19,22)
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Prov. 19:9• 9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:9)
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Isa. 63:8• 8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. (Isa. 63:8)
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Col. 3:9• 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Col. 3:9)
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1 Peter 2:1,22• 1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
 22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: (1 Peter 2:1,22)
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Rev. 14:4‑5• 4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
 5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. (Rev. 14:4‑5)
• The lips from guile—uttering fair words with an evil motive. (“Psalms 34” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;