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Psalm 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

Psalm 34:13 BSB

Psalm 34:13 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 3:5–10 (16 votes) and Psalm 141:3 (12 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Deuteronomy 4 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does Psalm 34:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 3:5–1016 votes

    In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. …

  2. Psalm 141:312 votes

    Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

  3. Proverbs 21:2310 votes

    He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

  4. 1 Peter 2:229 votes

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

  5. Colossians 3:98 votes

    Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

  6. James 1:198 votes

    My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  7. James 1:268 votes

    If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

  8. Proverbs 13:37 votes

    He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

  9. Psalm 39:16 votes

    For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

  10. James 3:26 votes

    We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

  11. Proverbs 12:195 votes
  12. Proverbs 12:225 votes
  13. Proverbs 18:215 votes
  14. Matthew 12:35–375 votes
  15. 1 Peter 2:14 votes
  16. Psalm 55:113 votes
  17. Proverbs 19:93 votes
  18. Revelation 14:4–53 votes
  19. Isaiah 63:82 votes
  20. Proverbs 12:70 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 34:13?

The 10 strongest of 21.