THEOSISProverbs 13:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.
נֹצֵ֣ר פִּ֭יו שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ פֹּשֵׂ֥ק שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו מְחִתָּה־לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.
- Prov 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
- Prov 18:7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
- Jas 3:2For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
- Jas 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.
- Ps 39 (38):1
- Prov 10:19In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips, is most wise.
- Matt 12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.