Proverbs 12:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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.”

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,

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!

Psalm 34:19

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

Psalm 34:20

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

Psalm 5:6

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

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,

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

Psalm 64:8

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

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 11:8

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

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns 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

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

Proverbs 6:2

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

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.

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.

Matthew 27:25

Then the people as a whole 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 until the day of judgment, when they will be punished