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Proverbs 13

Prov. 13:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heb that keepeth
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his life
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: but he that openeth wide
pasaq (Hebrew #6589)
to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious
KJV usage: open (wide).
Pronounce: paw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
his lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
shall have destruction
mchittah (Hebrew #4288)
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV usage: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Pronounce: mekh-it-taw'
Origin: from 2846
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James 3:2• 2For in many things we all offend. If anyone offendeth not in word, he [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. (James 3:2)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:19• 19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression;{HR}But he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely. (Prov. 10:19)
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare;{HR}But a righteous [man] shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 21:23• 23Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue{HR}Guardeth his soul from troubles. (Prov. 21:23)
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Psa. 39:1• 1To the chief musician, to Jeduthun; a psalm of David.{HR}I said, I will keep my ways, from sinning with my tongue;{HR}I will keep a muzzle to my mouth, while the wicked [man is] before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Matt. 12:36‑37• 36{i}But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:{/i}
 37{i}for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.{/i} (Matt. 12:36‑37)
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James 1:26• 26If anyone thinks he is religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this [man's] religion is vain. (James 1:26)
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James 3:2‑12• 2For in many things we all offend. If anyone offendeth not in word, he [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
 3Now if we put the horses' bridles in their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
 4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, where the impulse of the helmsman may purpose.
 5So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. See how large a wood how little a fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna.
 7For every nature of both wild beasts and birds, of both things that creep and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by the nature of man;
 8but the tongue is none of men able to tame; an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison.
 9Therewith we bless the Lord and [the] Father, and therewith we curse men that are made according to God's likeness.
 10Out of the same mouth cometh blessing and cursing. Not so, my brethren, ought these things to be.
 11Doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
 12Can, my brethren, a fig tree produce olives, or a vine, figs? Neither [can] salt water produce sweet. (James 3:2‑12)
• To control the lips is to keep the life. The perfect man is the one who has his tongue in subjection. (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• Of this Shimei is a solemn warning (1 Kings 2:8); while David, when tempted greatly to speak for himself, illustrates the opposite (1 Sam. 17:28, 29). (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul;{HR}He that openeth wide his lips [shall have] destruction.