Proverbs 21:23
He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui custodit os suum et linguam suam custodit ab angustiis animam suam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν γλῶσσαν, διατηρεῖ ἐκ θλίψεως τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שֹׁמֵ֣ר פִּ֭יו וּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ שֹׁמֵ֖ר מִצָּר֣וֹת נַפְשֽׁוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Mouth, from eating too much. (Lyranus)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.