Proverbs 21:23

The Passion Translation

Watch your words and be careful what you say, and you’ll be surprised by how few troubles you’ll have.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

God, give me grace to guard my lips from speaking what is wrong.

Proverbs 10:19

If you keep talking, it won’t be long before you’re saying something really wrong. Prove you’re wise from the very start— just bite your tongue and be strong!

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked will get trapped by their words of gossip, slander, and lies. But for the righteous, honesty is its own defense.

Proverbs 13:3

Guard your words and you’ll guard your life, but if you don’t control your tongue, it will ruin everything.

Proverbs 16:17

Repenting from evil places you on the highway of holiness. Protect purity and you protect your life.

Proverbs 18:21

Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences.

James 1:26

If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty.