Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. New Living Translation Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything. English Standard Version Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Berean Study Bible He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. New American Standard Bible The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. New King James Version He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. King James Bible He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Christian Standard Bible The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. Contemporary English Version Keep what you know to yourself, and you will be safe; talk too much, and you are done for. Good News Translation Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. International Standard Version Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined. NET Bible The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin. New Heart English Bible He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that keeps his mouth takes care of his soul, and he that opens his lips works shipwreck to his soul. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever controls his mouth protects his own life. Whoever has a big mouth comes to ruin. JPS Tanakh 1917 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But for him that openeth wide his lips there shall be ruin. New American Standard 1977 The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Jubilee Bible 2000 He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity. King James 2000 Bible He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. American King James Version He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. American Standard Version He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself. Douay-Rheims Bible He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils. Darby Bible Translation He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips. English Revised Version He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Webster's Bible Translation He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. World English Bible He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him! Study Bible A Father's Discipline…2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence. 3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. 4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.… Cross References James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body. Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. Psalm 141:3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction. Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves, yet gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied. Proverbs 18:7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 20:19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips. Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress. Treasury of Scripture He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. 0:19 Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Psalm 39:1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Lexicon He who guardsנֹצֵ֣ר (nō·ṣêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5341: To watch, guard, keep his mouth פִּ֭יו (pîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to protects שֹׁמֵ֣ר (šō·mêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to his life, נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion [but] the one who opens פֹּשֵׂ֥ק (pō·śêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6589: To dispart, become licentious his lips שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו (p̄ā·ṯāw) Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin invites his own ruin. מְחִתָּה־ (mə·ḥit·tāh-) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4288: A dissolution, a ruin, consternation (3) He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life.--Comp. above, on Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:13.Verse 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.) 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