Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul; but he that is unwary to speak, shall feel evils. (He who guardeth his mouth, keepeth his soul safe; but he who is careless when he speaketh, shall experience evil.)
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Judges 16:11To whom he answered, If I be bound with new cords, that were not yet in work, I shall be feeble, and like other men (or I shall be made as feeble as other men).
Psalms 39:1For victory, to Jeduthun, the psalm of David. I said, I shall keep my ways; that I trespass not in my tongue. I setted keeping to my mouth; when a sinner stood against me. ( For the choirmaster, for Jeduthun, a song by David. I said, I shall keep watch over my ways; so that I do not trespass with my tongue. And I guarded my mouth; when a sinner stood against me.)
Proverbs 10:19Sin shall not fail in much speaking; but he that measureth his lips, is most prudent. (Sin shall abound with much speaking; but he who ruleth his lips, is most prudent.)
Proverbs 14:3The rod of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lips of wise men keep them (or but the lips of the wise keep them safe).
Proverbs 18:21Death and life be in the works of [the] tongue; they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof, (or they who nurture it, shall eat its fruits).
Proverbs 21:23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue (under control), keepeth his soul from anguishes.
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 →