Proverbs 13:3

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep 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 take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking; but he who holds back his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.

Proverbs 12:13

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

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip is a revealer of secrets; so do not mix with him who flatters with his lips.

Proverbs 21:23

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

James 1:26

If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.

Judges 16:11

And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that have never been used, then I shall be weak and be as another man.

Judges 16:17

And he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come on my hair, for I am a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak and be like any man.