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Proverbs 13:3 Interlinear

“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction ”

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Proverbs 13 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	נֹצֵ֣ר	H5341	He that keepeth	to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
2	פִּ֭יו	H6310	his mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
3	שֹׁמֵ֣ר	H8104	keepeth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
4	נַפְשׁ֑וֹ	H5315	his life	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
5	פֹּשֵׂ֥ק	H6589	but he that openeth wide	to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e., become licentious
6	שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו	H8193	his lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7	מְחִתָּה	H4288	shall have destruction	properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
8	לֽוֹ׃	H0

Proverbs 13:3 (current)He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction