Proverbs 12:13 · KJV
“The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}”
— Proverbs 12:13
The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of {his} mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs 12 — Context
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.
12The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}
13The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of {his} mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
15The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast {them} into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
{It is} good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.