謹慎口舌的，可保性命；口沒遮攔的，自取滅亡。

谨守口的，得保生命；大张嘴的，必致败亡。

谨慎守口的，得保生命；大张嘴唇的，必致败亡。

谨慎守口的，得保生命；大张嘴唇的，必致败亡。

说话谨慎，可保性命；口无遮拦，自取灭亡。

谨慎口舌的，可保性命；口没遮拦的，自取灭亡。

谨守自己口的，保守自己的性命；口无遮拦的，导致自己的败亡。

謹守口的，得保生命；大張嘴的，必致敗亡。

謹慎守口的，得保生命；大張嘴唇的，必致敗亡。

謹慎守口的，得保生命；大張嘴唇的，必致敗亡。

說話謹慎，可保性命；口無遮攔，自取滅亡。

謹守口舌的得保性命；大張其嘴的必致敗亡。

謹守自己口的，保守自己的性命；口無遮攔的，導致自己的敗亡。

守口者保生、侈口者見滅、

謹言者安、妄談者危。

守口者保生命、多言者必致敗亡、

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Those who guard what they say guard their lives. But those who speak without thinking will be destroyed.

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

One who guards his mouth protects his life; One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

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

The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

謹守口舌的，保護自己免受患難。

生與死都在舌頭的權下；愛把弄這權柄的，必自食其果。

愚昧人的口自取滅亡，他的嘴唇是自己性命的網羅。

我們在許多的事上都有過錯，假如有人在言語上沒有過錯，他就是完全的人，也能夠控制全身。我們若把嚼環扣入馬嘴，使牠們馴服，就能駕馭牠們的全身。試看，船隻雖然甚大，又被狂風催逼，舵手只用小小的舵，就可以隨意操縱。照樣，舌頭雖然是個小肢體，卻會說誇大的話。試看，星星之火，可以燎原；舌頭就是火，在我們百體中，是個不義的世界，能污穢全身，把整個生命在運轉中焚燒起來，而且是被地獄之火點燃的。各類飛禽、走獸、昆蟲、水族，都可以馴服，而且都已經被人類制伏了；可是沒有人能夠制伏舌頭；它是喋喋不休的惡物，充滿了致命的毒素。我們用它來稱頌我們的主和天父，又用它來咒詛照神的形象被造的人。同一張嘴竟然又稱頌主，又咒詛人；我的弟兄們，這是不應該的！泉源能夠從同一個出口湧出甜水和苦水來嗎？我的弟兄們，無花果樹能結橄欖嗎？葡萄樹能長無花果嗎？鹹水也不能發出甜水來。

多言多語難免有過失；約束自己嘴唇的，是明慧人。

我曾說：“我要謹慎我的行為，不讓我的舌頭犯罪；惡人在我面前的時候，我總要用罩子約束我的嘴。”

壞人嘴裡的過失，是自己的網羅；但義人必脫離患難。

到處搬弄是非的，洩露祕密；口無遮攔的，不可與他結交。

我告訴你們，人所說的閒話，在審判的日子，句句都要供出來，因為你要照你的話被稱為義，或定為有罪。”

如果有人自以為虔誠，卻不約束他的舌頭，反而自己欺騙自己，這人的虔誠是沒有用的。