Proverbs 13:3

New International Version

³Those who guard their lips^(A) preserve their lives,^(B)
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.^(C)

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Proverbs 13:3

New King James Version

³^(A)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Proverbs 13:3

English Standard Version

³^(A)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
^(B)he who opens wide his lips ^(C)comes to ruin.

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Proverbs 13:3

New American Standard Bible

³One who ^(A)guards his mouth protects his life;
One who ^(B)opens wide his lips ^[a]comes to ruin.

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Proverbs 13:3 Lit ruin is his

Proverbs 13:3

King James Version

³He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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