Proverbs 12:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

Cross References

Genesis 48:16

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

2 Samuel 4:9

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

Psalm 34:19

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Psalm 34:20

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

Psalm 5:6

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

Psalm 59:12

Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

Psalm 59:13

Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 64:8

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Proverbs 11:8

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

Proverbs 15:2

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 6:2

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

Daniel 6:24

And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;