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Whoever watchesנֹצֵרhis mouthפִּיוguardsשֹׁמֵרhis soul;נַפְשׁוֹwhoever opens wideפֹּשֵׂקhis lips,שְׂפָתָיוruinמְחִתָּהis his.לוֹ
Proverbs 13:3
Study it in the app“Whoever watches his mouth guards his soul; whoever opens wide his lips, ruin is his.”
Guarding your mouth is guarding your lifeThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 13:3, word by word
- Whoever watchesנֹצֵרnotser
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “notser” appears- his mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- guardsשֹׁמֵרshomer
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- whoever opens wideפֹּשֵׂקposek
open wide
To open wide (the lips or the legs); to speak without restraint.
Where else “posek” appears- his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- ruinמְחִתָּהmechita
ruin
The end that overtakes whoever sinks: the fall and the disaster.
Where else “mechita” appears
The context
2From the fruit of the mouth of a man he will eat good, but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
3 · This verse (above)
4The soul of the sluggard craves, and there is nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be filled to the full.