Proverbs 12:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 12:13 Cross References

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

2 Samuel 4:9

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

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 34:20

He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Psalm 5:6

Thou destroyest those who speak lies; the Lord abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

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 which they utter,

Psalm 59:13

consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more, that men may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah

Psalm 64:8

Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

Proverbs 15:2

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

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 6:2

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

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,