Proverbs 13:3

Modern English Version

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, O  Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over 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 guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool brings destruction near.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.

Proverbs 14:3

From the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his undoing; his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a slanderer betrays secrets; therefore associate not with the babbler.

Proverbs 21:23

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

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Judges 16:11

He said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have never been used, then I will become weak and be like an ordinary man.”

Judges 16:17

So he told her all his secrets and said to her, “No razor has touched my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I were shaven, my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like all other men.”