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Proverbs 13:3
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!
Proverbs 13:3 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 13:3 in other translations
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
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In context
1 A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.
2 From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.
3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!
4 The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
5 A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
6 Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.
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