Proverbs 13:3

A Conservative Version

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

Proverbs 10:19

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

James 1:26

If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

Proverbs 12:13

A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Psalm 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 141:3

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

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Judges 16:11

And he said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I shall become weak, and be as another man.

Judges 16:17

And he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be lik

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.