keepeth. guardeth.
mouth... tongue. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is uttered by them.
troubles. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "trouble" (singular)
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:23
Proverbs 21:23
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.