Proverbs 21:23 Cross References - TKJU

²³ Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words sin is not lacking: But he that refrains his lips is wise.

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: But the just shall come out of trouble.

³ He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: But he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

²⁷ He that has knowledge spares his words: And a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. ²⁸ Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: And he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: And those that love it shall eat its fruit.

²⁶ If any man among you seems to be religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

² For in many things we offend everyone. If any man does not offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. ³ Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn around their whole body. ⁴ Behold also the ships, which although they are so large, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small rudder, to wherever the pilot inclines the ship. ⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: Thus is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. ⁷ For every kind of beast, and birds, serpents, and things in the sea are tamed, and have been tamed by mankind: ⁸ But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. ¹¹ Does a fountain send forth fresh water and bitter at the same place? ¹² Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? Either can a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. ¹³ Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.