Proverbs 13:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!

King James Bible
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Hebrew
He who guards
נֹצֵ֣ר (nō·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep

his mouth
פִּ֭יו (pîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

protects
שֹׁמֵ֣ר (šō·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

his life,
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nap̄·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

[but] the one who opens
פֹּשֵׂ֥ק (pō·śêq)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6589: To dispart, become licentious

his lips
שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו (p̄ā·ṯāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

invites his own ruin.
מְחִתָּה־ (mə·ḥit·tāh-)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4288: A dissolution, a ruin, consternation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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