Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 12:13 in other translations
| BSB | An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. |
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| WEB | An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble. |
| ASV | In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble. |
| YLT | In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. |
| DARBY | In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. |
| BBE | In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble. |
| Webster | The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. |
What does Proverbs 12:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 12:13-14
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Proverbs 12:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 12:13
- Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
- Proverbs 11:8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
- Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
- Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- 2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
- Genesis 48:16
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, 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
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:2; 15:2; 18:6,7; 1Ki 2:23; Ps 5:6; 64:8; Da 6:24; Mt 27:25
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11:8; Ge 48:16; 2Sa 4:9; Ps 34:19; Ec 7:18; Ro 8:35-37; 2Pe 2:9
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Context
- Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
- Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs 12:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El impío es enredado en la prevaricación de sus labios: mas el justo saldrá de la tribulación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y a un mauvais piège dans la transgression des lèvres, mais le juste sort de la détresse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In der Übertretung der Lippen ist ein böser Fallstrick, aber der Gerechte entgeht der Drangsal. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Propter peccata labiorum ruina proximat malo; effugiet autem justus de angustia. |