Jump to Previous Destruction Guardeth Guards Keepeth Keeping Keeps Lips Mouth Openeth Opens Preserves Rashly Ruin Soul Speaks Watch WideJump to Next Destruction Guardeth Guards Keepeth Keeping Keeps Lips Mouth Openeth Opens Preserves Rashly Ruin Soul Speaks Watch WideParallel Verses 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 keepethnatsar (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. Multilingual Proverbes 13:3 FrenchProverbios 13:3 Biblia Paralela Links Proverbs 13:3 NIV • Proverbs 13:3 NLT • Proverbs 13:3 ESV • Proverbs 13:3 NASB • Proverbs 13:3 KJV • Proverbs 13:3 Bible Apps • Proverbs 13:3 Parallel • Bible Hub |