Proverbs 12:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: But the just shall come out of trouble.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Common English Bible

¹³ The wicked are trapped by the transgressions of their lips, but the righteous escape from distress.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For the sins of the lips draw ruin to the evil. But the just shall escape from distress.

Proverbs 12:13 Cross References

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked come into it instead.

Psalm 64:8

Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake with horror.

Daniel 6:24

The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Proverbs 6:2

you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.

Matthew 27:25

Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, “So may God do to me, and more also, for Adonijah has devised this scheme at the risk of his life!

2 Samuel 4:9

David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys, and in them let my name be perpetuated and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Psalm 34:20

He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.

Psalm 59:13

consume them in wrath; consume them until they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.