Proverbs 13:3

Proverbs 13:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,

but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

3One who guards his mouth protects his life;

One who opens wide his lips 13:3 Lit ruin is hiscomes to ruin.

3The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;

The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

3The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life;

The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin.

3He who guards his mouth protects his life,

but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

3Those who guard what they say guard their lives.

But those who speak without thinking will be destroyed.