Proverbs 13:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

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

Psalm 34:13

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

Psalm 39:1

I SAID, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Proverbs 10:19

In a multitude of words transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will accept and obey commandments, but the foolish of lips will fall headlong.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. [Prov. 10:4.]

Proverbs 14:3

In the fool's own mouth is a rod [to shame] his pride, but the wise men's lips preserve them.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. [Matt. 12:37.]

Proverbs 18:7

A [self-confident] fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely. [Rom. 16:17, 18.]

Proverbs 21:23

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

James 1:26

If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren).

Judges 16:11

And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.

Judges 16:17

Then he told her all his mind and said to her, A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my birth. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.