Proverbs 13:3 Cross References
Proverbs 13:3
3: Those who control their tongue will have a long life; a quick retort can ruin everything.
Proverbs 21:23
- If you keep your mouth shut, you will stay out of trouble.
Proverbs 18:21
- Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life.
James 3:2
- We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.
- We can make a large horse turn around and go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.
- And a tiny rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot wants it to go, even though the winds are strong.
- So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
- And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
Psalms 39:1
- I said to myself, "I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say. I will curb my tongue when the ungodly are around me."
Proverbs 18:7
- The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips get them into trouble.
Matthew 12:36
- And I tell you this, that you must give an account on judgment day of every idle word you speak.
- The words you say now reflect your fate then; either you will be justified by them or you will be condemned."
Proverbs 20:19
- A gossip tells secrets, so don't hang around with someone who talks too much.
Proverbs 10:19
- Don't talk too much, for it fosters sin. Be sensible and turn off the flow!
James 1:26
- If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
Proverbs 12:13
- The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble.