Proverbs 21:23

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from anguishes.

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Lord, set thou a keeping to my mouth; and a door of standing about to my lips.

Sin shall not fail in much speaking; but he that measureth his lips, is most prudent.

For the sins of lips, falling down nigheth to an evil man; but a just [or rightwise] man shall escape from anguish.

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul; but he that is unwary to speak, shall feel evils.

The path of just [or rightwise] men boweth away from evils; the keeper of his soul keepeth his way.

Death and life be in the works of [the] tongue; they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

And if any man guesseth himself to be religious, and refraineth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, the religion of him is vain.