謹守口舌的得保性命；大張其嘴的必致敗亡。

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.

謹守口與舌的、保守自己免受患難。

生死都在舌頭權下；愛鼓弄舌頭的必喫舌頭結的果子。

愚頑人的口舌乃他敗落的因由；他的嘴脣是捉拿自己的網羅。

我們在許多事上都能有失錯；若有人在話語上沒有失錯，他就是完全的人，竟能勒制全身的。我們若把馬嚼環放在馬嘴裏，使他們順服我們，便能調導牠們的全身。你看，就是船隻雖那麼大，又被強硬的風催逼着，也能被小小的舵所調導，向掌舵者的意思所願去的方向走。舌頭也是這樣。舌頭是個小肢體，竟能誇說大事呢。你看，多麼小的火能點𤏲多麼大堆的樹林木料啊！舌頭是火；在我們肢體中，舌頭立成了不義之世界，是沾污全身的，把人生活動之輪點𤏲起來的，被垃圾坑式的火點𤏲的。各類走獸飛鳥、昆蟲水族、都是可以控制到馴服的，也已經被人類控制到馴服了。惟獨舌頭沒有人能控制到馴服：嘿，倔強的禍患，滿有害死人的毒氣！我們用舌頭祝頌那為主為父的，又用舌頭咒詛那依上帝之形相而受造的人。祝頌和咒詛都從同一個口裏出來：我的弟兄們，這是不該這樣的。泉源哪能從同一個穴裏噴出甜的苦的來呢？我的弟兄們，無花果樹哪能結橄欖呢？葡萄樹哪能結無花果呢？鹹水也不能發出甜水來啊！

多言多語難免有過錯；檢束嘴脣的乃是通達。

我曾說過：『我要約束我的行徑，免得我由舌頭而犯罪；儘惡人在我面前的時候，我總要約束我的口如同用籠套着。』

壞人被自己嘴中的過錯所羅住；義人必從患難中逃脫出來。

往來傳閒話的、洩露人的密事；大張其嘴的、你不可與他結交。

我告訴你們，凡人所說的各句閒話、當審判的日子、都必須供明。因為你必由你的話被判為無罪，也必由你的話被定為有罪。』

若有人自以為是熱心宗教，卻不勒制自己的舌頭，反而欺騙了自己的心，這人的宗教就徒勞無效了。