KJV
Click to Change
Return to Top
In Proverbs 13:3, Solomon writes, The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin (v. 3). Wisdom is often expressed through restraint. A guarded mouth is part of a guarded life.
To guard the mouth means watching one’s words carefully—thinking before speaking, weighing tone, timing, and truth. Speech can create conflict, expose folly, stir anger, or damage relationships. The wise understand this and therefore exercise stewardship over the tongue.
The one who opens wide his lips, however, speaks without discipline. He spills out whatever comes to mind and therefore comes to ruin. Solomon’s point is not that silence is always best, but that ungoverned speech is dangerous. James 3 echoes this same truth, showing that the tongue can direct an entire life.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 13:3 Meaning
|
Line-By-Line Order:
 Verse-ReferenceReference-VerseSeparate LineVerse OnlyReference Only |
Reference Delimiters:
None — Jhn 1:1 KJV Square — [Jhn 1:1 KJV]Curly — {Jhn 1:1 KJV}Parens — (Jhn 1:1 KJV) |
|
Paragraph Order:
Verse-ReferenceReference-VerseReference-Only |
Number Delimiters:*
No NumberNo Delimiter — 15Square — [15]Curly — {15}Parens — (15) |
|
Other Options:
 Abbreviate Books Use SBL Abbrev.En dash not Hyphen |
Quotes Around VersesRemove Square BracketsSort Canonically |
* 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order'
The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.
Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding.
Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
©2026 Blue Letter Bible | Privacy Policy
Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs.
Loading
Loading
| Interlinear |
| Bibles |
| Cross-Refs |
| Commentaries |
| Dictionaries |
| Miscellaneous |
