Proverbs 4:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

King James Bible
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Hebrew
Put
הָסֵ֣ר (hā·sêr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

away
מִ֭מְּךָ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

deception
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת (‘iq·qə·šūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6143: Crookedness

from your mouth;
פֶּ֑ה (peh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

keep
הַרְחֵ֥ק (har·ḥêq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

your lips
שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם (p̄ā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

from perverse speech.
וּלְז֥וּת (ū·lə·zūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3891: Deviation, crookedness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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