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Pro 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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Entire Verse.   Pro 10:19; Pro 12:13; Pro 21:23; Psa 39:1; Mat 12:36,37; Jam 1:26; Jam 3:2-12
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Pro 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
Pro 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Pro 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Psa 39:1 [[To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] 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.
Mat 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.
Mat 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Jam 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.
Jam 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.
Jam 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Jam 3:4 Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
Jam 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Jam 3:6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 13:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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