Musar for Proverbs 13:3
נֹצֵ֣ר פִּ֭יו שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ פֹּשֵׂ֥ק שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו מְחִתָּה־לֽוֹ׃
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But for him that openeth wide his lips there shall be ruin.
Shemirat HaLashon
And, King Solomon, may peace be upon him, said in a similar vein (Mishlei 13:3): "One who widens his lips— it is 'breaking' for him," which the GRA explains: "One who widens his lips [in lashon hara], though he has a good soul, and though he has done many mitzvoth and [built] many 'fences,' his mouth will break everything."
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