Proverbs 13:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.

Psalm 34:13

But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews.

Psalm 39:1

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store away knowledge. But the mouth of the foolish is a neighbor to confusion.

Proverbs 10:19

In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart accept precepts. The foolish are cut down by the lips.

Proverbs 12:13

For the sins of the lips draw ruin to the evil. But the just shall escape from distress.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 20:19

Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

Proverbs 21:23

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

James 1:26

But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one's religion is vanity.

Judges 16:11

And he answered her, "If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men."

Judges 16:17

Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: "Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother's womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men."