Proverbs 6:2
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
BSB
ASV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
KJV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, and art snared with the words of thy mouth, and art taken with thine own speeches. For to be surety for a friend is to take charge of the soul of another on the surety of one's own behaviour. Whence also the hand is stricken with a stranger, because the mind is bound with the care of a responsibility which before was not.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,.... Got into a snare out of which an escape is not easy; art no longer free, and thine own man, but under obligation to pay the debt if required; by the verbal agreement made and confirmed by striking hands, and this before witnesses; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth; as in a net, and held fast therein and thereby, and cannot get loose without paying the debt, if the debtor does not, or without the leave of the creditor.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
leads to
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
At 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…
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
Through
Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
leads to
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.