Devine Scripture

Proverbs 13:3

Proverbs chapter 13 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Context

v.2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence.

v.3This passage

v.4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • James 1:26

    If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Psalms 39:1

    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.

  • Matthew 12:36

    And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

  • Proverbs 12:13

    In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.