Proverbs 13:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Common English Bible

³ People who watch their mouths guard their lives, but those who open their lips are ruined.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Whoever guards his mouth guards his soul. But whoever gives no consideration to his speech shall experience misfortunes.

Proverbs 13:3 Cross References

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech.

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

James 1:26

If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Psalm 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 141:3

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

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Judges 16:11

He said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like anyone else.”

Judges 16:17

So he told her his whole secret and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, then my strength would leave me; I would become weak and be like anyone else.”

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.