Proverbs 4:24 (DBY)

Passage

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:24 Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

Proverbs 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "away", "thee", "perverseness", "mouth", "corrupt", and "lips". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "away" and "thee", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Keep thy heart more than anything that..." into verse 25's "Let thine eyes look right on and...", so "away" and "thee" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "away" and "thee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.