NASB Lexicon
KJV 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. Parallel Verses 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. Links Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 13:3 NIV Proverbs 13:3 NLT Proverbs 13:3 ESV Proverbs 13:3 NASB Proverbs 13:3 KJV |
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