Proverbs 21:23

American King James Version (1999)

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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

In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.

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

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.