Proverbs 13:3

World English Bible (2000)

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
  • Jas 3:2-9 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. 3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. 4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. 5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God. 10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • Prov 14:3
    76%

    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 10:11
    75%

    11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 34:13
    75%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    75%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    20A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 10:14
    75%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Ps 141:3
    75%

    3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

  • Prov 15:4
    74%

    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 5:2
    73%

    2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    73%

    10For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 4:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 19:16
    72%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 12:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 10:21
    71%

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

  • Ps 17:4
    71%

    4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 13:13
    71%

    13Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Job 20:13
    71%

    13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Prov 14:23
    70%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • Rom 3:14
    70%

    14"whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Ps 39:1
    69%

    1I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

  • Prov 30:32
    69%

    32"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Ps 36:3
    69%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Ps 37:30
    69%

    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 17:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

    28Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

  • Prov 31:8
    69%

    8Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

  • Prov 26:28
    69%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 22:18
    69%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.