Proverbs 6:2

World English Bible (2000)

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:13 : 13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:1
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    1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

  • Prov 6:3
    79%

    3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

    6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Ps 50:19-20
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    75%

    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

    20You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

  • Prov 22:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

    26Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

  • Prov 12:13-14
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    74%

    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Job 18:8
    73%

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

  • Job 18:10
    73%

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

  • Job 22:10
    73%

    10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

  • Matt 12:37
    72%

    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

  • Prov 17:18
    72%

    18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Job 36:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

  • Prov 23:8
    71%

    8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

  • Prov 6:24
    71%

    24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Prov 6:21-22
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    70%

    21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

    22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 30:6
    70%

    6Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

  • Jer 50:24
    70%

    24I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

  • Prov 22:18
    70%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 5:22
    70%

    22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

  • Prov 5:2
    69%

    2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Prov 20:16
    69%

    16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

  • Prov 21:23
    69%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 2:1
    69%

    1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

  • Prov 22:5
    69%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Job 15:13
    69%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

  • Mic 7:5
    69%

    5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

  • Prov 6:5
    69%

    5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 20:25
    69%

    25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

  • Ps 59:12
    68%

    12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

  • Prov 27:2
    68%

    2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Ps 17:4
    68%

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

  • Prov 1:10
    68%

    10My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.