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Proverbs 4:24


Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 4:24 (KJV) Proverbs 4:25
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Put awayH5493 from thee a frowardH6143 mouthH6310, and perverseH3891 lipsH8193 put farH7368 from thee.


Original Hebrew

הָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת פָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּךָּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הָסֵ֣ר
ha.Ser H5493 HVhv2ms remove
מִ֭מְּ/ךָ
Mi.me./kha H4480 HR/Sp2ms from/ yourself
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת
'i.ke.Shut H6143 HNcfsc crookedness of
פֶּ֑ה
Peh H6310 HNcmsa mouth
וּ/לְז֥וּת
u./le.Zut H3891 HC/Ncfsc and/ deviousness of
שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם
Se.fa.Ta.yim H8193 HNcfda lips
הַרְחֵ֥ק
har.Chek H7368 HVhv2ms put far away
מִמֶּֽ/ךָּ
mi.Me./ka H4480 HR/Sp2ms from/ yourself
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H3891 — לְזוּת (lᵉzûwth, lez-ooth'): from לוּז; perverseness; perverse.
  • H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
  • H6143 — עִקְּשׁוּת (ʻiqqᵉshûwth, ik-kesh-ooth'): from עִקֵּשׁ; perversity; [idiom] froward.
  • H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
  • H7368 — רָחַק (râchaq, raw-khak'): a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (3): 1 Samuel 1:14, Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 16:17

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