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That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
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Guard Your Mind and Mouth
Commentators explain this verse calls for a two-fold discipline. First, to "preserve discretion" means to guard your inner thoughts, rejecting evil impulses and cultivating wise thinking. Second, for your "lips to keep knowledge" means to be able to speak truth and communicate godly wisdom to others. It's about both internal integrity and external influence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And that thy lips may keep - literally, “and thy lips shall keep.”
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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