19 (A)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    (B)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

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19 In many words, transgression is not lacking,
    but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

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23 (A)Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
    (B)keeps himself out of (C)trouble.

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23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
    he guards his life[a] from danger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:23 Or “soul,” or “inner self”