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Proverbs 12:13

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

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ASV

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

KJV

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּפֶ֣שַׁעbe.Fe.sha'[is] in [the] transgression ofH6588 →
שְׂ֭פָתַיִםSe.fa.ta.yimlipsH8193 →
מוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.Kesha snareH4170 →
רָ֑עRa'evilH7451 →
וַיֵּצֵ֖אvai.ye.Tze'and he came outH3318 →
מִצָּרָ֣הmi.tza.Rahfrom troubleH6869 →
צַדִּֽיק׃tza.Dika righteous [person]H6662 →

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Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.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.Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.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 overpowered them and crushed all their bones.Proverbs 6:2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,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.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.Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion SelahPsalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.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,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.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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