Proverbs 13:3
Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
Cross References
Judges 16:11Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shall I be weake, and be as an other man.
Psalms 39:1To the excellent musician Ieduthun. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
Proverbs 10:19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
Proverbs 21:23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:3
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. Note, 1. If that which comes from within, out of the heart, be good, and from a good treasure, it will return with advantage. Inward comfort and satisfaction will be daily bread; nay, it will be a continual feast to those who delight in that communication which is to the use of edifying. 2. Violence done will recoil in the face of him that does it: The soul of the transgressors that harbours and plots mischief,… Read the whole commentary →