- Put away from thee a froward mouth,
and perverse lips put far from thee. - A froward man soweth strife:
and a whisperer separateth chief friends. - The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. - The fear of the Lord is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
and the froward mouth, do I hate. - A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. - Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life.
- Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.
For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
but his secret is with the righteous. - The integrity of the upright shall guide them:
but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. - He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:
but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. - The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the Lord search the heart,
I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings. - We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments.
As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the Lord is tried:
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.Next verse!With image