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Proverbs 5:2
Remember to live wisely, and what you learn will keep your lips from saying the wrong thing.
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Christian Standard Bible®
so that you may maintain discretionand your lips safeguard knowledge.
so that you may maintain discretionand your lips safeguard knowledge.
Hebrew Names Version
That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
King James Version
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
English Standard Version
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
New Century Version
Be careful to use good sense, and watch what you say.
Be careful to use good sense, and watch what you say.
New English Translation
in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.
in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.
Amplified Bible
That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment), And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].
That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment), And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].
New American Standard Bible
So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.
So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.
World English Bible
That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
That you may keep discretionAnd that your lips may guard knowledge.
That you may keep discretionAnd that your lips may guard knowledge.
Berean Standard Bible
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Contemporary English Version
you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say.
you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say.
Complete Jewish Bible
so that you will preserve discretion and your lips keep watch over knowledge.
so that you will preserve discretion and your lips keep watch over knowledge.
Darby Translation
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
George Lamsa Translation
That you may heed counsel and that your lips may keep knowledge.
That you may heed counsel and that your lips may keep knowledge.
Good News Translation
Then you will know how to behave properly, and your words will show that you have knowledge.
Then you will know how to behave properly, and your words will show that you have knowledge.
Lexham English Bible
in order to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.
in order to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.
Literal Translation
so that you may keep judgment, and your lips may keep knowledge.
so that you may keep judgment, and your lips may keep knowledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.
yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.
American Standard Version
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
King James Version (1611)
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.
That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge.
that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge.
English Revised Version
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
Update Bible Version
That you may preserve discretion, And that your lips may keep knowledge.
That you may preserve discretion, And that your lips may keep knowledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
New King James Version
That you may preserve discretion, And your lips may keep knowledge.
That you may preserve discretion, And your lips may keep knowledge.
New Living Translation
Then you will show discernment, and your lips will express what you've learned.
Then you will show discernment, and your lips will express what you've learned.
New Life Bible
So you may know what is good thinking, and your lips may keep much learning.
So you may know what is good thinking, and your lips may keep much learning.
New Revised Standard
so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.
so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That thou mayest preserve discretion, - and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
That thou mayest preserve discretion, - and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
Revised Standard Version
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
Contextual Overview
1 Son, listen to this piece of wisdom from me. Pay attention to what I know to be true. 2 Remember to live wisely, and what you learn will keep your lips from saying the wrong thing. 3 Now, another man's wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting. 4 But in the end, she will bring only bitterness and pain. It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword. 5 She is on a path leading to death, and she will lead you straight to the grave. 6 Don't follow her. She has lost her way and does not even know it. Be careful. Stay on the road that leads to life. 7 Now, my sons, listen to me. Don't forget the words I say. 8 Stay away from the woman who commits adultery. Don't even go near her house. 9 If you do, others will get the honor you should have had. Some stranger will get everything you worked years to get. 10 People you don't know will take all your wealth. Others will get what you worked for.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thy lips: Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 20:15, Psalms 45:2, Psalms 71:15, Psalms 119:13, Song of Solomon 4:11, Malachi 2:6, Malachi 2:7
Reciprocal: Job 33:33 - hearken Proverbs 1:8 - hear Proverbs 22:17 - Bow Proverbs 23:12 - General 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - as
Cross-References
Genesis 1:27
So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.
So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.
Genesis 2:15
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, "Finally! One like me, with bones from my bones and a body from my body. She was taken out of a man, so I will call her ‘woman.'"
And the man said, "Finally! One like me, with bones from my bones and a body from my body. She was taken out of a man, so I will call her ‘woman.'"
Malachi 2:15
God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So that they would have holy children and protect that spiritual unity. Don't cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.
God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So that they would have holy children and protect that spiritual unity. Don't cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.
Matthew 19:4
Jesus answered, "Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.'
Jesus answered, "Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.'
Mark 10:6
But when God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.'
But when God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.'
Acts 17:26
God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.
God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That thou mayest regard discretion,.... Observe it; retain it in thine heart, as Aben Ezra adds, and use it; think, speak, and act discreetly, and so avoid the bad woman afterwards described: the Vulgate Latin version is, "that thou mayest keep the thoughts"; and so Gersom interprets the word; "good thoughts", according to the Septuagint version; the thoughts of the heart are to be observed. A man of spiritual wisdom will take notice of them; evil thoughts, which lead to uncleanness, are to be repressed and kept in; good ones to be cherished and improved; wise and sagacious ones (such the word here used signifies) are to be attended to, as being of great advantage in the various affairs and business of life; and spiritual and evangelical wisdom helps to such thoughts, and directs to the observance and exercise of them;
and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge; may be able to speak of things worthy to be known, and communicate the knowledge of them to others; by which means useful knowledge will be kept and preserved, and be continued in successive ages; see Malachi 2:7; even the knowledge of God and of Christ, and of the Gospel and its doctrines; and which will be a means of preserving men, as from false doctrine, error, and heresy, so from profaneness and immorality; and particularly from the adulterous woman, next described.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And that thy lips may keep - literally, “and thy lips shall keep.”
