Proverbs 12 · Verse 13

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 12:13, King James Version

Proverbs 12:13 in other translations

BSBAn evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
WEBAn evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
ASVIn the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
YLTIn transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
DARBYIn the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.
BBEIn the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
WebsterThe 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
13-14. The wicked is snared, &c.--The sentiment expanded. While the wicked, such as liars, flatterers, &c., fall by their own words, the righteous are unhurt. Their good conduct makes friends, and God rewards them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips - A man who deals in lies and false oaths will sooner or later be found out to his own ruin. There is another proverb as true as this: A liar had need of a good memory; for as the truth is not in him, he says and unsays, and often contradicts himself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Many a man has paid dear in this world for the transgression of his lips.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 12:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּפֶ֣שַׁעbe.Fe.sha'[is] in [the] transgression ofH6588
שְׂ֭פָתַיִםSe.fa.ta.yimlipsH8193
מוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.Kesha snareH4170
רָ֑עRa'evilH7451
וַיֵּצֵ֖אvai.ye.Tze'and he came outH3318
מִצָּרָ֣הmi.tza.Rahfrom troubleH6869
צַדִּֽיק\׃tza.Dika righteous [person]H6662

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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
wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. Heb. snareof the wicked is in the transgression of lips.
6:2; 15:2; 18:6,7; 1Ki 2:23; Ps 5:6; 64:8; Da 6:24; Mt 27:25
but.
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.

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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.
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.