Proverbs 12:13

In 11 translations

BSB

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

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

WEB

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

ASV

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

LSV

The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, || And the righteous goes out from distress.

YLT

In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

DBY

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.

DRC

For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.

GNV

The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

JPS

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; but the righteous cometh out of trouble.

LXXE

For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snares; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּפֶ֣שַׁע שְׂ֭פָתַיִם מוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָ֑ע וַיֵּצֵ֖א מִצָּרָ֣ה צַדִּֽיק׃

LXX-Br

Διʼ ἁμαρτίαν χειλέων ἐμπίπτει εἰς παγίδας ἁμαρτωλὸς, ἐκφεύγει δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν δίκαιος· ὁ βλέπων λεῖα ἐλεηθήσεται, ὁ δὲ συναντῶν ἐν πύλαις ἐκθλίψει ψυχάς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
• Proverbs 11:8The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
• Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
• Proverbs 6:2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
• Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions…
• 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
• Proverbs 18:6–7A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• 1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
• Romans 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep…
• Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• 2 Samuel 4:9But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

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