Proverbs 21:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. [Prov. 12:13; 13:3; 18:21; James 3:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Common English Bible

²³ Those who guard their mouths and their tongues guard themselves from trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue guards his soul from anguish.

Proverbs 21:23 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

James 1:26

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.