Psalms 141:3

WEB

³Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

KJV

³Set^[+] a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

BSB

³Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

FBV

³Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.

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Extra References

James 1:26

²⁶If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Psalms 39:1

¹I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Micah 7:5

⁵Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Psalms 34:13

¹³Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

James 3:2

²For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Psalms 71:8

⁸My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.

³You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. ⁴As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. ⁵My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.