Proverbs 21:23

The Message

Watch your words and hold your tongue; you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Post a guard at my mouth, God, set a watch at the door of my lips. Don’t let me so much as dream of evil or thoughtlessly fall into bad company. And these people who only do wrong— don’t let them lure me with their sweet talk! May the Just One set me straight, may the Kind One correct me, Don’t let sin anoint my head. I’m praying hard against their evil ways! Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff; make them face the music. Like a rock pulverized by a maul, let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.

Proverbs 10:19

The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words.

Proverbs 12:13

The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble; the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.

Proverbs 13:3

Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything.

Proverbs 16:17

The road of right living bypasses evil; watch your step and save your life.

Proverbs 18:21

Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.

James 1:26

Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.