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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 we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too. (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; 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; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 21:23• 23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. (Prov. 21:23)
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Psa. 39:1• 1To the chief Musician, 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 muzzle, while the wicked is before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Matt. 12:36‑37• 36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
 37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:36‑37)
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James 1:26• 26If any one think himself to be 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 we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.
 3Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.
 4Behold also the ships, which are so great, and driven by violent winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the pleasure of the helmsman will.
 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;
 8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
 9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God.
 10Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.
 11Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?
 12Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water make sweet water. (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.