| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. |
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| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. |
| My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. | My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
| Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them. | The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. |
| Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin. | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. |
| I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth. | Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent. | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. |
| Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. | Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.” | Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. |
| For “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.” | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. |
| When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech. | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| Because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. | That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| I had eaten no rich food, no meat or wine had entered my mouth, and I had not anointed myself at all, for the full three weeks. | I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. |
| Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. | Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. |
| This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. | This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. |
