Proverbs Chapter 13 verse 3 Holy Bible
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; `But' he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
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He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
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He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
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Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - He that keepeth (guardeth) his mouth keepeth his life (Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 21:23; comp. Psalm 39:1; James 1:26). Thus the gnome - Ἡ γλῶσσα πολλοὺς εἰς ὄλεθρον ἤγαγεν. "The tongue hath many to destruction led." And Ecclus. 28:25, "Weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth. Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait." But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction (Proverbs 10:14). The Vulgate paraphrases, "He who is inconsiderate in speech shall experience evils;" Septuagint, "will terrify himself" - will occasion to himself many terrible alarms and inflictions. Hence the psalmist prays, "Set a watch, O Lord, before my month; keep the door of my lips." So we have in the Danish, "A silent man's words are not brought into court;" and in the Spanish, "Let not the tongue say what the head shall pay for;" while the Italians tell us, "The sheep that bleats is strangled by the wolf:" and "Silence was never written down" (Kelly). (See on Proverbs 18:6; 20:19.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life.--Comp. above, on Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:13.
