Proverbs 13:3
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English Standard Version
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

New American Standard Bible
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

King James Bible
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

International Standard Version
Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined.

NET Bible
The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that keeps his mouth takes care of his soul, and he that opens his lips works shipwreck to his soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever controls his mouth protects his own life. Whoever has a big mouth comes to ruin.

King James 2000 Bible
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

American King James Version
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

American Standard Version
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Darby Bible Translation
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

English Revised Version
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

World English Bible
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
Lexicon
He that keepeth
natsar  (naw-tsar')
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
his mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
keepeth
shamar  (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
his life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
but he that openeth wide
pasaq  (paw-sak')
to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious -- open (wide).
his lips
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
shall have destruction
mchittah  (mekh-it-taw')
a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation -- destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
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