The Tongue, Pt 1.

One Mouth

Psalm 34:11–13 (LEB)

Come, you children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Who is the man who desires life,

who loves many days in order to see good?

Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking deceit.

11 Come, my children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12 Whoever of you loves life

and desires to see many good days,

13 keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from telling lies.

The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ps 34:11–13.

A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Primary Texts) Psalm 33

12(11)  Come, O children; hear me;

the fear of the Lord I will teach you.

13(12)  What person is he who wants life,

coveting to see good days?

14(13)  Stop your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking deceit.

The New King James Version Psalm 34

11 Come, you children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12 Who is the man who desires life,

And loves many days, that he may see good?

13 Keep your tongue from evil,

And your lips from speaking deceit.

Proverbs 13:3 LEB

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.

The New International Version Chapter 13

3 Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,

but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

3  He who guards his own mouth keeps his own life,

but he who is rash with his lips will bring terror upon himself.

Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright, eds., “Proverbs,” in A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Primary Texts), trans. Johann Cook (New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), Pr 13:3.

The New King James Version Chapter 13

3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life,

But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 21:23 LEB

He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger.

23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues

keep themselves from calamity.

The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Pr 21:23.

23  He who guards his mouth and tongue

keeps his soul out of trouble.

Albert Pietersma and Benjamin G. Wright, eds., “Proverbs,” in A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Primary Texts), trans. Johann Cook (New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), Pr 21:23.

23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue

Keeps his soul from troubles.

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Pr 21:23.

Proverbs 15:4 LEB

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it causes a break in spirit.

4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life,

but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Pr 15:4.

A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Primary Texts) Chapter 15

4  A tongue’s healing is a tree of life,

and he who keeps it will be filled with spirit.

The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 15

4 The tongue that heals is a tree of life,

but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 18:21 LEB

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

The New International Version Chapter 18

21 The tongue has the power of life and death,

and those who love it will eat its fruit.

A New English Translation of the Septuagint (Primary Texts) Chapter 18

21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and they who control it will eat its fruits.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Pr 18:21.