Proverbs 13:3
1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Den som vokter sin munn, bevarer sitt liv; den som lukker sine lepper vidt opp, ham blir det til ulykke.
- OTB
- De som vokter sin munn bevarer sitt liv, men de som taler tankeløst går til grunne.
- B1930
- Den som vokter sin munn, bevarer sitt liv; den som lukker sine leber vidt op, ham blir det til ulykke.
- BSB
- He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- KJV
- He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- WEB
- He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
- ASV
- He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- DARBY
- He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
- BLB
- One guarding his mouth is keeping his soul; one opening his lips, destruction [is] unto him.
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Les i sammenhengJames 3:2–12
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.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 12:36–37
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 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.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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