Proverbs 12:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

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  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.
  • Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth, you are taken by the words of your mouth.
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel who 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 Sam 4:9 : 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
  • 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
  • Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Prov 12:5-7
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    5The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 11:8-9
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

    9A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the just shall be delivered.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 12:21-22
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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    74%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 13:2-3
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    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

    3He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2You are snared by the words of your mouth, you are taken by the words of your mouth.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Job 18:10
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    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Isa 29:21
    72%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 18:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Job 18:8
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    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Prov 24:16
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    16For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Eccl 10:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

  • Prov 16:13
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    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.