3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 13:3

Commentary on Proverbs 13:3

(Read Proverbs 13:3)

He that thinks before he speaks, that suppresses evil if he have thought it, keeps his soul from a great deal both of guilt and grief. Many a one is ruined by an ungoverned tongue.