Proverbs 6:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Common English Bible

you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

Proverbs 6:2 Cross References

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;

Proverbs 6:3

then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.