He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
WEB
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
YLT
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!
DBT
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.