Proverbs 6:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:13 : 13 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:1
    82%

    1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

  • Prov 6:3
    79%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Ps 50:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

    20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

  • Prov 22:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

    26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.

  • Prov 12:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • Job 18:8
    73%

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Job 18:10
    73%

    10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • Job 22:10
    73%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

  • Matt 12:37
    72%

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  • Prov 17:18
    72%

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Job 36:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • Prov 23:8
    71%

    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

  • Prov 6:24
    71%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

    22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 30:6
    70%

    6Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Jer 50:24
    70%

    24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

  • Prov 22:18
    70%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

  • Prov 5:22
    70%

    22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

  • Prov 5:2
    69%

    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 20:16
    69%

    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Prov 21:23
    69%

    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 2:1
    69%

    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

  • Prov 22:5
    69%

    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Job 15:13
    69%

    13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

  • Mic 7:5
    69%

    5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Prov 6:5
    69%

    5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Ps 52:4
    69%

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 20:25
    69%

    25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

  • Ps 59:12
    68%

    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 27:2
    68%

    2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Ps 17:4
    68%

    4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 1:10
    68%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.