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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso 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 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
and his tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
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 soul
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
from troubles
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
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Soul; Spirit

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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. 13:3• 3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul;{HR}He that openeth wide his lips [shall have] destruction. (Prov. 13:3)
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Prov. 17:27‑28• 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words;{HR}A man of understanding [is] of a cool spirit.
 28Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise,{HR}He that shutteth his lips is prudent. (Prov. 17:27‑28)
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Prov. 18:21• 21Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue;{HR}And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Prov. 18:21)
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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 3:2‑13• 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.
 13Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show out of his good conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. (James 3:2‑13)
• To keep the mouth and the tongue as with an armed guard is to avoid many a grief and bitter memory. See James 3:2-12 and compare the notes on Proverbs 11:13; 15:1; 17:20 and 18:6-8. (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue{HR}Guardeth his soul from troubles.