Proverbs 21:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 21:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Proverbs 17:27-28
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. …
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23)

Note, 1. It is our great concern to keep our souls from straits, being entangled in snares and perplexities, and disquieted with troubles, that we may preserve the possession and enjoyment of ourselves and that our souls may be in frame for the service of God. 2. Those that would keep their souls must keep a watch before the door of their lips, must keep the mouth by temperance, that no forbidden…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. (Compare Pr 13:2, 3; Jas 3:6-10).