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。

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。

謹慎口舌的，可保性命；口沒遮攔的，自取滅亡。

謹守口舌的得保性命；大張其嘴的必致敗亡。

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.

保守自己的口與舌的，就保守自己的靈魂免受患難。

生與死都在舌頭的權下；喜愛它的必食其果。

愚昧人的口導致自己的敗亡，他的嘴成為自己靈魂的陷阱。

實際上，我們每一個人在很多事上都會跌倒。如果有人在言語上不跌倒，這個人就是一個成熟的人，也能夠克制全身。我們如果把嚼子放在馬嘴裡，使牠們服從，就可以駕馭牠們的全身。再看船隻，雖然它那麼大，又被狂風吹逐，但是無論舵手的意圖想去哪裡，它都能被小小的舵來駕馭。照樣，舌頭雖然是身體上一個小小的部分，卻能大大地自誇。看哪，那麼小的火，能點燃那麼大的森林！舌頭是火，它在我們身體的各部分中，是個不公義的世界；它玷汙全身，焚燒人生的路程，而且自己卻被地獄焚燒。原來，各類野獸、飛禽、爬行動物和水族都能被制伏，也已經被人類制伏了，可是沒有人能制伏舌頭；它是不止息的邪惡，充滿著致死的毒。我們用這舌頭頌讚我們的主——我們的父，又用這舌頭來詛咒照著神的形像被造的人。頌讚和詛咒從同一張嘴裡出來！我的弟兄們，這些事不應該如此！難道從同一個洞裡湧出來的泉源，能又甜又苦嗎？我的弟兄們，難道無花果樹能結出橄欖，葡萄樹能結出無花果嗎？鹹水也不能產生甜水。

多言多語，不免有過失；約束自己嘴唇的，是明智的人。

我說：「我要謹守我的道路，免得犯口舌之罪。惡人還在我面前的時候，我要用籠套約束我的口。」

嘴唇的過犯是惡人的陷阱，而義人必脫離患難。

到處搬弄是非的，洩露祕密；口無遮攔的人，你不可與他結交。

我告訴你們：人所說的每一句無益的話，在那審判的日子，句句都要做出交代，因為憑你的話，你將被稱為義；也憑你的話，你將被定有罪。」

如果有人自以為是虔誠的，卻不克制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙自己的心，這個人的虔誠就是虛妄的。