Proverbs 13:3
"He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction."
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- Proverbs 21:23
"Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:21
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:7
"A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."
Read in chapter → - James 3:2
"For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 12:36
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."
Read in chapter → - James 1:26
"If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:19
"He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:19
"In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:13
"The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble."
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