Proverbs 6:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

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

Proverbs 12:13

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

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.

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.