Proverbs 6:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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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)

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Prov 6:1
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1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Prov 6:3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Prov 18:6-7
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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
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10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Job 22:10
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10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
Matt 12:37
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37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Prov 17:18
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18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Job 36:17-18
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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
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27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
Prov 23:8
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8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
Prov 6:24
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24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
Prov 2:16
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16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Eccl 10:12
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12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Prov 6:21-22
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21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
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Eccl 5:6
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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
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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
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6Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Jer 50:24
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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
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18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Prov 5:22
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22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Prov 5:2
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2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Prov 20:16
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16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
Prov 21:23
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23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.
Prov 2:1
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1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Prov 22:5
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5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Job 15:13
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13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Isa 29:21
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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.
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Prov 6:5
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5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Ps 52:4
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4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Prov 20:25
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25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
Ps 59:12
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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
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5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Prov 11:15
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15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
Prov 27:2
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2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Ps 17:4
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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
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10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
Prov 18:21
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21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.