Proverbs 12:13

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 11:8

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

Psalm 64:8

They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously 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.

Proverbs 6:2

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

2 Peter 2:9

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

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Matthew 27:25

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

Proverbs 15:2

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

Psalm 34:19

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

Psalm 5:6

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

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!

2 Samuel 4:9

But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, 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 evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of 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 his bones; not one of them is broken.

Psalm 59:13

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

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.