Proverbs 13:3

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Psalm 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 39:1

I have said, ‘I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.’

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.

Proverbs 10:19

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips [is] wise.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Proverbs 12:13

In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:19

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

James 1:26

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain [is] the religion;

Judges 16:11

And he saith unto her, ‘If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.’

Judges 16:17

that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, ‘A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I [am] from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.’