Proverbs 13:3

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

He who guards his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, ruin is to him.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

O Jehovah, set a guard to my mouth; keep watch on the door of my lips.

Psalm 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile;

Psalm 39:1

To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will keep my ways from sinning with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked one is before me.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise ones store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish one is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:19

In the abundance of words transgression does not cease, but one restraining his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart accepts commands, but the lips of the foolish one shall be thrust away.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is the snare of an evil one, but the righteous one will come out from distress.

Proverbs 13:4

A sluggish one’s soul is craving, but having nothing, but the soul of the diligent ones shall be made fat.

Proverbs 14:3

A rod of pride is in the mouth of a foolish one, but the lips of the wise ones shall keep them.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:19

A revealer of a secret walks about as a gossip, so do not meddle with him who opens his lips.

Proverbs 21:23

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

James 1:26

If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this one’s religion is vain.

Judges 16:11

And he said to her, If binding they bind me with new ropes, by which no work has been done, then I shall be weak and shall be as any one of mankind.

Judges 16:17

that he told her all his heart, and said to her, No razor has come on my head, for I am a Nazarite to God from my mother’s womb. If I were shaved, my strength would go away from me, and I would be weak, and be like any one of men.