He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.


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Proverbs 18 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 21 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 10 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 10 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Matthew 15 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Proverbs 24 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Matthew 15 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Jeremiah 9 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Romans 3 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Proverbs 8 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Proverbs 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 17 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 4 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Proverbs 11 9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs 21 28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Psalms 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Proverbs 16 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Psalms 39 1 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.
Jeremiah 31 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Proverbs 18 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 16 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 16 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Psalms 12 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Matthew 12 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 18 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 13 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Psalms 119 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Proverbs 17 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs 12 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Psalms 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Proverbs 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Psalms 10 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
1 Peter 3 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Isaiah 57 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Psalms 78 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 141 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Job 33 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Psalms 145 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
James 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.
Ezekiel 2 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
Proverbs 20 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.