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Psalms 141:3

Psalms chapter 141 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Context

v.2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

v.3This passage

v.4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

Cross references

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Micah 7:5

    Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Psalms 34:13

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

  • James 3:2

    For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

  • Psalms 71:8

    My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.