Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee - Hebrew, frowardness (cf. Proverbs 2:15) of mouth and perversity of lips.' 'Frowardness'-literally, distortion; all speech that departs from the law of purity, truth, and love: filthy, false, unkind, boastful, and flattering words: idle and unprofitable talk (Psalms 101:4-5). As the heart, so the mouth, is to be "kept with all diligence;" for there is the closest sympathy between the heart and mouth. It is not enough for the outward life to be pure, but the speech must be so also, because it is the index of the mind. Next to the heart, the tongue is the most ungovernable member (James 3:2-13).