Psalms 39:1 · KJV
“[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}”
— Psalms 39:1
Psalms 39 — Context
[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred. {stirred: Heb. troubled}
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,
Cross References
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Psalms 141:3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.
Psalms 119:9
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.
Psalms 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Micah 7:5-6
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
James 3:2-8
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same {is} a perfect man, {and} able also to bridle the whole body.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.