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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 4, Verse 24

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23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
King James Version
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
American Standard Version
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
New English Translation
Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.
World English Bible
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
3
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.