Proverbs 13:3

New Messianic Version Bible

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: [but] he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:23

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

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 18:7

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

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips [is] wise.

Proverbs 20:19

He that goes about [as] a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.

James 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion [is] vain.

Proverbs 12:13

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

Psalm 34:13

Keep youri tongue from evil, and youri lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and [has] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Judges 16:11

And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

Judges 16:17

That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I [have been] a Nazir [One Separated] unto God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a babbling (chattering) fool shall fall.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.