Proverbs 6:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Common English Bible

² you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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

² Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

Proverbs 6:2 Cross References

Proverbs 12:13

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

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.

Proverbs 6:1

My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another,

Proverbs 6:3

So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor’s power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The images of their gods you shall burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them and take it for yourself, because you could be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.