Proverbs 13:3

 Proverbs 13:3, NIV: Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. Proverbs 13:3, ESV: Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Proverbs 13:3, KJV: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:3, NIV: Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:3, ESV: Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 13:3, KJV: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:3, NASB: One who guards his mouth protects his life; One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 13:3, NLT: Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything.

Proverbs 13:3, CSB: The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

What does Proverbs 13:3 mean? [⇑ See verse text ⇑]

Few things are more difficult, yet more important, than learning how to control one's words. Doing so can keep a person out of trouble and may even save his life. This is a repeated lesson of the book of Proverbs (Proverbs 10:8, 14; 12:18).

Those who threaten or revile other people open themselves to revenge and backlash. In modern English, a common description for those who talk too much is that they have "loose lips." That echoes the imagery given here by Solomon. The person who speaks without thinking, or without control, may make rash promises that he does not keep. He may insult others or lie or tell secrets or offer unsound advice. He may gossip or criticize others unjustly. His careless, harsh language will rebound to harm him.

Another English phrase related to these sentiments is a person who must "eat his words." This applies when someone's statements have come back to accuse him or condemn him. Knowing this is possible is yet another reason to be sure that any words we speak are "edible," so to speak (Proverbs 12:2). It is wise to pray as David did: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer" (Psalm 19:14).

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You Talk Too Much .. Joe Jones 1960

 You talk too much, you worry me to death,

You talk too much, you even worry my pet.

You just talk, talk too much.

You talk about people that you don't know,

You talk about people wherever you go.

You just talk, talk too much.

You talk about people that you've never seen,

You talk about people, you can make me scream.

You just talk, you talk too much.

You Talk Too Much .. Joe Jones 1960  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2_6exVJuE

All the people who told me "You think you know it all", "Just shut up and quit nagging me!" can now tell the WORLD to shut up when the world sees you not washing your hands and not practicing proper hygiene methods.

All the people who told me "You think you know it all",  "Just shut up and quit nagging me!"
can now tell the WORLD to shut up when the world sees you not washing your hands and
not practicing proper hygiene methods.  Thanks to the new COVID-19 virus
spread worldwide now.

Why didn't we learn proper hygiene in school? Why wasn't it enforced?

Educate means to teach. I learned a lot of things in school during my education
from kindergarten to a technical diploma in computer programming. Keeping
your hands off your face was not taught to me in school although I remember
a nurse I knew around 30 years ago told me that germs can be transmitted
through your eyes as well as your nose and mouth.  I "knew" it but
didn't realize it until recently.

Hands off the face is easier said than done. I am making great progress now
in keeping my hands off my face if I have touched anything or been
sneezed or coughed on.






3-25-2020